Mine detail: Huenacoyhue Beach

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Location: Chile, South America
Lat / long: -42.95766, -74.19956
dep_id: 10039031
mrds_id: M046549
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Garnet, Gold, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
orebody_fm: BEACH SANDS
Reporter: Blair, Will N.
References:
  • Deposit:: QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P. 138
  • Deposit:: MELLA, 1921, BLACK SANDS OF CHILOE ISLAND, CHILE: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. V. III, NO. 12, P. 501
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