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Blanca-Independencia

Past 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104503
MRDS ID TC03663
Record type Site
Current site name Blanca-Independencia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.07952, -22.24922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2650

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
Silver Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result 1884-85 - 5229-6585 G/T AG GENERALLY 200-250 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.07952, -22.24922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 90
    Length 1150M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Inca

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codelco

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.3HA
    Overall depth 100M
    Overall length 1051.56M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on development

  • DESCRIBED BY CHILE EXPLORATION CO. IN 1930'S CODELCO CONDUCTED MAPPING AND GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS FOR A FEASIBILITY REPORT. ; ECON.COM: CODELCO WAS PRODUCING SILVER IN THE MID-1980'S.

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

    MARCH, W., 1931 & 1936, ARCHIVOS SERNAGEOMIN #3439 & 3452.

  • Deposit

    JACKSON, E., 1887, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN # 3165.

  • Deposit

    VALDES, 1887, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4570.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 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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