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Despreciada

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Cobalt
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10059312
MRDS ID TC05869
Record type Site
Current site name Despreciada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.21205, -28.69886 (WGS84)
Elevation 990

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Erythrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.21205, -28.69886
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 0
    Dip 60W
    Length 150M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cobaltera

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Period 1899-1906
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.4% Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Cobalt Cobalt 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TAILINGS (1980): 2480T AT 1% CO

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 1.02 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    SIMIC, D., 1971, ENAMI (INEDITO).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 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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