Zorras River

Producer in Chile with commodities Platinum, Gold, Iridium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109590
MRDS ID M046548
Record type Site
Current site name Zorras River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.38956, -43.26767 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF THE ZORRAS RIVER, ON THE SW CORNER OF THE ISLAND OF CHILOE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ANALYSIS GAVE: .048 TO .064 OZ/TON PT METALS WITH ABOUT 10% IR

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.38956, -43.26767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIVER SANDS - BEACH SANDS
    Thickness 0.05M
    Width 20M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiloe Island

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 138

  • Deposit

    MELLA, 1921, ENG. MIN. JOUR. NO. 111, P. 497

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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