Valenciana

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058922
MRDS ID TC05329
Record type Site
Current site name Valenciana
Alternate or previous names Paiguano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.52425, -30.0219 (WGS84)
Elevation 780

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 12.3% PB
Result 75 G/T AG
Result 5.2 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.52425, -30.0219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W; 0; N40E
    Dip 75SW; 70W; 90
    Width 1M
  • Strike N60W; 0; N40E
    Dip 75SW; 70W; 90
  • Strike N60W; 0; N40E
    Dip 75SW; 70W; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Miguel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1929, #4232.

  • Deposit

    KAMONO, H. Y BORIC, R., 1982, INVENTARIO POLIMETALICOS Y ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO TALCUNA: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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