Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Magnetite
GangueChrysocolla, Gypsum, Malachite, Quartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockTonalite,Diorite · Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
StructureEl Abra Fault
Tectonic settingMagmatic Arc
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10078511
MRDS IDW026865
Alternate namesCerro Pelado Prospect
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.78933, -71.05791
References
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22SNARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 7, 75 P.ORTIZ, G., 1970, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE TACNA: SEVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD. B0624.MADRID, A., 1963, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN TACNA: INIFM, COD. B0482.ORTIZ (1970), ORTIZ (1963)