Santa Rosa

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104384
MRDS ID TC03022
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.45454, -18.55097 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8-13% PB
Result 22% ZN
Result 207 G/T AG
Result 1 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Lupica Formation
    Rock description Lupica Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.45454, -18.55097

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90
    Length 140M
    Width 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Precordillera

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 145M
    Overall depth 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SALAS Y OTROS, 1966, GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE ARICA: BOL. #21, IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980 INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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