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Mercedes

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 10058372
MRDS ID TC04316
Record type Site
Current site name Mercedes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.53617, -24.18584 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 20 G/T AU
Result 14 G/T AG
Result 19 G/T PB
Result 690 G/T CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.53617, -24.18584
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W-90; N55-65E
    Dip 50-67NE; 31-50NW
    Length 20M
    Width 0.2M
  • Strike N45W-90; N55-65E
    Dip 50-67NE; 31-50NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Cerros De Puquios

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.52HA
    Overall depth 5M
    Overall length 118.87M
    Overall width 40M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DAVIDSON, J., MPODOZIS, Y RIVANO, 1981, PALEOZOICO DE SIERRA ALMEYDA AL OESTE DE MONTURAQUI, ALTA CORDILLERA DE ANTOFAGASTA: REV. GEOL. DE CHILE, 12, P. 3-23.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 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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