Bilbao

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058420
MRDS ID TC04395
Record type Site
Current site name Bilbao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.41621, -24.84418 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 219 G/T AG
Result 0.2% PB
Result 0.39% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.41621, -24.84418

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Atacama Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike 90; N80E
    Dip 65N; 80N
    Length 300M
    Width 1.5M
  • Strike 90; N80E
    Dip 65N; 80N

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 Yumbes

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M
    Overall length 274.32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.