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Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058026
MRDS ID TC03750
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.50119, -23.98752 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 145 G/T AG, 9.35% PB, 5.5 G/T AU, 0.16% CU, 7.3%MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Augusta Victoria Formation
    Rock description Augusta Victoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.50119, -23.98752
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25-30W
    Dip 60NE
    Length 200M
    Width 0.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magallanes

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: METALS DIFFICULT TO EXTRACT DUE TO MANGANESE CONTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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