Cachinal De La Sierra

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058057
MRDS ID TC03805
Record type Site
Current site name Cachinal De La Sierra
Alternate or previous names Arturo and Various Others

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.53202, -24.9625 (WGS84)
Elevation 2720

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE MIDPOINT OF MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Argillic, Propylitic, Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.53202, -24.9625

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip 70NE
    Length 1500M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAD DATA: 206/204 - 18.600; 207/204 - 15.628; 208/204 - 38.608 (VIRGINIA)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1822

Mining district

District name Cachinal De La Sierra

Comments on the production information

  • EXPLOITED 1822-1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 30HA
    Overall depth 320M
    Overall length 1371.6M
    Overall width 200M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1978, #2431.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1976, INEDITO #1799.

  • Deposit

    PUIG, A., 1988, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAD IN GALENAS OF THE CHILEAN ANDES: EG, 83, P. 843-858.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI.

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Deposit

    CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO, 2-20M THICK DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION IN BRECCIATED ZONES. SECONDARY ENRICHMENT AT 150M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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