Santa Rosa

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059715
MRDS ID TC06408
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.16371, -30.75218 (WGS84)
Elevation 875

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Quebrada Marquesa Formaiton
    Rock description Quebrada Marquesa Formaiton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.16371, -30.75218

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 50NW
    Length 250M
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Altar

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.