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Fortin De Mutun Mine

Occurrence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078090
MRDS ID W026246
Record type Site
Current site name Fortin De Mutun Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -58.16593, -18.7476 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position PUERTO SUAREZ, 27 KM FROM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLLUVIUM MADE UP OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF HEMATITE, 3 - 8 CM LONG, 1 - 4 CM WIDE, AND ABOUT 1 CM THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT
Result FE, 55
Result SIO2 , 16
Result S, 0.06
Result AND P, 0.6

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -58.16593, -18.7476
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS
    Depth to bottom 34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mutun

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 480000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 55 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, B., 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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