El Gringo-Arizona

Prospect in Chile with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058621
MRDS ID TC04909
Record type Site
Current site name El Gringo-Arizona

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.36619, -22.71421 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Phyllic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.36619, -22.71421

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 90
    Length 4000M
    Width 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1990
Discoverer William C. Williams

Mining district

District name Sierra Gorda

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner La Compania Minera El Bronce

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON PRELIMINARY APPRAISAL WORK.

Comments on development

  • SURFACE SAMPLING AND TRENCHES ; EXPL$: 0.015

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILLIAMS, W.C., FIELD NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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