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Andacollo-Candelaria Victoria-Colorada 1 & 2-Mercedes

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Gold
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  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059031
MRDS ID TC05488
Record type Site
Current site name Andacollo-Candelaria Victoria-Colorada 1 & 2-Mercedes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.46343, -26.86137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 24 G/T AU (1979)
Result TAILINGS - 10 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.46343, -26.86137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-25W
    Dip 70-80NE
    Length 3000M
    Width 0.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Moradito

Comments on the production information

  • LAST PRODUCTION FROM THESE MINES WAS 1940; IN 1980, CANDELARIA WAS BEING PREPARED FOR EXPLOITATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    SALINAS, M., 1973, IIG (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRIMARY ZONE AT APPROXIMATELY 100M; CANDELARIA NOT IN PRIMARY ZONE

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.

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