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Past Producer

Texas

Chile
Silver Lead Zinc
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR

Materials

Ore mineralsAnglesite, Freibergite, Galena, Linarite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueBarite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Complejo Diortico Pajonal-Los Pilos

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1938

Description

Chile Exploration Co.

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References

BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO (12 VOLS.).KUNTZ, J., 1928, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: SONAMI, SANTIAGO, 77 P.WEISSEMBORN, A., 1938, ARCHIVO SERNAGEOMIN #4390.CIMRIBORIC, ET AL., 1984

Identification

Deposit ID10104461
MRDS IDTC03510
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-22.22755, -68.97785
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.