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Ballena- San Ramon

Producer in Chile with commodity Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059749
MRDS ID TC06453
Record type Site
Current site name Ballena- San Ramon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.73871, -28.8533 (WGS84)
Elevation 1180

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
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AT LEVEL 10: 450-48,500 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.73871, -28.8533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W; N45E
    Dip 90-70NE; 30-35E
    Length 300M
    Width 10M
  • Strike N60W; N45E
    Dip 90-70NE; 30-35E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vizcachas

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 190M

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., 1977, IIG (INEDITO).

  • Deposit

    RISPATRON, O., 1928, (INEDITO).

  • Deposit

    OVALLE, E., 1926, DESCRIPCION MINERAL VISCACHAS: BOELTIN, SONAMI.

  • 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.

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