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Cerro Tres Puntas 2

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058060
MRDS ID TC03810
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Tres Puntas 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.96619, -26.85304 (WGS84)
Elevation 2130

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS SAMPLE: 92 G.T AG
Result 11.4% CU
Result 2.4 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bandurrias Formation
    Rock description Bandurrias 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) -69.96619, -26.85304
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W; 0
    Dip 90; 90
    Length 40M
    Width 3M
  • Strike N45W; 0
    Dip 90; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1849

Mining district

District name Tres Puntas

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DOMEYKO, I., 1900, MINERALOGIA, 4, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, J., 1926, THE GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: P. 23.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DISCOVERY DATE (1849) COULD ALSO APPLY TO CERRO TRES PUNTAS 1 (TC06929). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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