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San Vicente Bajo

Occurrence in Chile with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058028
MRDS ID TC03752
Record type Site
Current site name San Vicente Bajo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.51947, -23.79418 (WGS84)
Elevation 4750

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE FLANK OF THE ANDESITIC-RHYODACITIC VOLCANO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 28 SAMPLES - 63.75-69.31% FE, 0.065-2.226% P
Result APATITE RICH ORE (IN PPM): 433 TI, 1.710 V, < 3 CR, 689AL, 5250 MG, 440 MN, 228 NI, 133 CO, 107 ZN, 7 CU, 1760 SI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Complejo El Laco
    Rock description Complejo El Laco
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Complejo El Laco
    Rock description Complejo El Laco

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.51947, -23.79418
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERAL SUCESSION FROM BOTTOM TO TOP IS ANDESITIC LAVA (UP TO 30 M THICK), PYROCLASTIC ORE (UP TO 30 M THICK), MAGNETITE LAVA (UP TO 50 M THICK), PYROCLASTIC UNIT WITH FRAGMENTS OF MASSIVE ORE (ABOUT 20 M THICK), AND ANDESITIC FLOW. ORE BODIES ARE SURROUNDED BY NARROW METASOMATIC AUREOLES (UP TO 1 M THICK IN LAVA BUT WIDER IN TUFFS) WHERE HOST ROCK IS TRANSFORMED TO PYROXENE, SCAPOLITE, QUARTZ AND GARNET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Laco

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELONGATE NW COVERING 60,000 SQ M OF AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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