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Garin Viejo

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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 10058164
MRDS ID TC04015
Record type Site
Current site name Garin Viejo
Alternate or previous names Descubridora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.88785, -27.34747 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR AND AROUND TOWN OF JUAN GODOY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.88785, -27.34747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W; N65W
    Dip 90; 65SW
    Length 500M
    Width 1M
  • Strike N35W; N65W
    Dip 90; 65SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Garin Viejo

Comments on the production information

  • 1860-85 PRODUCTION FROM THE CORRIDA COLORADA, DESCUBRIDORA, MANTO DE PERALTA, AND CANDELARIA VEINS. OVER $100,000,000 WORTH OF SILVER HAS BEEN MINED AT CHANARCILLO. DESCUBRIADORA MINE PRODUCED ABOUT 40 MILLION PESOS (357,143 KG); MANTO DE PERALTA ABOUT 15 MILLION PESOS (133,929 KG); CANDELORIA MINE ABOUT 15 MILLION PESOS (133,929 KG); CORRIDA VEIN ABOUT 180-200 MILLION PESOS (1,607,100 - 1,785,700 KG); MANTO DE OSSA MINE 1 MILLION PESOS IN 1885 (8,928.6 KG).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 80M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 SHAFTS. WORKED CEASED IN 1885 AND MINES WERE FLOODED; SINCE THIS TIME, PUMPS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO KEEP MINE FREE OF WATER. MINES WORKED IN 1900-1920'S WHEN OREBODIES AND STRINGERS WERE FOLLOWED COMPLETELY AND MINED OUT TO 500-600 M BELOW SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY ADN METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK, P. 23.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ON SOUTH FLANK OF DOME WHERE THEY HAVE FILLED RADIAL FRACTURES AND TO A LESSER EXTENT NW-TRENDING FAULTS. HYPOGENE ORE OF QUESTIONABLE ECONOMIC EXTRACTION. ORE BODIES TENDED TO BE LARGER IN LIMESTONES AND PINCH DOWN IN TUFFS.
Deposit 1860 TO 1880 THERE WERE OVER 100 CLAIMS WHICH VARIED IN SIZE FROM 1,000 TO 50,000 SQUARE METERS AND THUS MANY NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AREA; ONLY THE MORE IMPORTANT ARE GIVEN ABOVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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

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