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Cerro Pedegral

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104477
MRDS ID TC03571
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pedegral

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.99784, -23.07753 (WGS84)
Elevation 2850

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Caracoles Group
    Rock description Caracoles Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.99784, -23.07753
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 90
    Length 50M
    Width 2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERPRETED AS A ROOF PENDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    PALACIOS, C., 1975, GEOLOGIA ECONOMIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS CERROS DE CARACOLES, PAMPA ELVIRA, CERRO JASPEADA, Y SIERRA MARIPOSAS: IN PROYECTO DOMEYKO, UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, ANTOFAGASTA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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