Estero Marga Marga is small natural watercourse in Valparaíso Region, Chile. Estero Marga Marga is known for being an important site of Spanish gold mining in the 16th century.[1] The invasive plant species Limnobium laevigatum is present in the watercourse.[2]

Estero Marga Marga is underlain by a blind fault.[3]

References

  1. Cuadra, Waldo; Arenas, Marco (2009-06-09). "Tras los orígenes del oro de Margamarga". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. San Martín, Cristina; Contreras, Domingo; Vidal, Osvaldo; Solís, José Luis; Ramírez, Carlos (2021). "Distribución en Chile y colonización del río Cayumapu (Valdivia) por el macrófito acuático invasor Limnobium laevigatum" [Distribution in Chile and colonization in Cayumapu river (Valdivia) of the invasive aquatic macrophyte Limnobium laevigatum]. Gayana. Botánica (in Spanish). 78 (1).
  3. Gutiérrez Areyte, Horacio (2023-09-05). "Confirman que el Marga Marga es una falla geológica que divide a Viña del Mar en dos". El Desconcierto (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-06.

33°01′11″S 71°33′44″W / 33.0198°S 71.5622°W / -33.0198; -71.5622


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