Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR BODY OF TRAPEZOIDED SHAPE, LENTICULAR
Ore controlDeposit Lies Near A Contact Between Andean Diorite And Metamorphic Porphyrite
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueBiotite
Geology
Host rockHornfels
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFault At N75w, 37 Se
AlterationPropylitic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10078151
MRDS IDW026321
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.25581, -70.4162
References
RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE (GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE): CHILE INST. GEOL. INV., 305 P., TABLES. (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858GALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)RUIZ, C., 1943, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FE DE LA REGION NOROCCIDENTAL DE COPIAPO: BOL. SOC. NAC. DE MIN., 55, P. 820-827.RUIZ, C., Y CAPURRO, J., 1943, INFORME SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE HIERRO DE LA REGION DE COPIAPO: INEDITO (DEMIPE)CIMRIALVARADO, 1970ALVARADO, 1970; DIAZ ET AL, 1980