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Baquedano

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057659
MRDS ID TC03283
Record type Site
Current site name Baquedano
Alternate or previous names Incahuasi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.73953, -23.30253 (WGS84)
Elevation 1380

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50.8% MN, 0.3% P (HIGH GRADE) 29,8% MN, 0.2%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.73953, -23.30253
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault At N40e

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baquedano

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 12M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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