Mine detail: San Cristobal

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Location

Lat / long: -23.54752, -69.5412

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1990

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:Host Rock Dike Trends N55w And Dips Steeply To Sw.
Alteration processes:Silicic, Sericitic

References

MRDSTC03728
DEP10106985
Reference{Deposit:: WILLIAMS,W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: HOWELL, D. Y ASPILLAGA, J., MINERIA CHILENA # 80.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P. 46.}{Deposit:: CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY*4, P. 25.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, W.C. (1990). LITTLE (1994).}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.