Unidentified Mine

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058412
MRDS ID TC04382
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.32119, -24.58418 (WGS84)
Elevation 2640

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
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Phyllic, Silicic

Analytical data

Result 160 G/T AG
Result 19.8% PB
Result 1.4 G/T AU
Result 0.1% CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.32119, -24.58418

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-20E
    Dip 45-50SE
    Length 70M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra De Argomeda

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1976, #437.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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