Paguanta mine, Mocha district, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chilei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Paguanta mine | Mine |
| Mocha district | District |
| Tamarugal Province | Province |
| Tarapacá | Region |
| Chile | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
19° 48' 46'' South , 69° 3' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
195743
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:195743:6
GUID (UUID V4):
c042d057-e008-4a05-9002-0c78f580a544
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Paguanta
An old abandoned Pb-Zn mine: mineralization hosted in conglomerates and porphyry-quartzite rocks, being reinvestigated for potential reopening.
Measured, Indicated and Inferred JORC Mineral Resource of 2.4Mt at 8.0% Zinc Equivalent (Zn Eq)2
190,000t of contained Zn Eq metal
Resource open at depth (high-grade shoots, up to 20% zinc, 1,765 g/t silver)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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