Fortuna

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057687
MRDS ID TC03316
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna
Alternate or previous names La Manganeso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.02451, -23.11586 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • FRUTOS & PINCHEIRA (1986) LOCATION AT 23-06-18S AND 069-04-36W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TAILINGS SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Barite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 26.3% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Caracoles Group
    Rock description Caracoles Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.02451, -23.11586

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E; N55W
    Dip 75S; 90
    Length 120M
    Width 6M
  • Strike N80E; N55W
    Dip 75S; 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • COVERED BY 8M OF CALICHE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.032HA
    Overall depth 10M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEIDING, B., 1941, ESTUDIO GENERAL SOBRE MANGANESO EN CHILE: SONAMI.

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1976, INEDITO # 940.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BORIC, ET AL., 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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