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El Dorado

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078116
MRDS ID W026275
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.23454, -30.55579 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Relative position OVALLE, 8 KM N OF; COQUIMBOPORT, 110 KM S OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 64
Result SIO2 , 4
Result S, 0.02
Result AND P, 0.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.23454, -30.55579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE BODY
    Strike NW
    Dip 70 NE
    Length 200M
    Width 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs In A Porphyritic Formation Around The Contact With A Large Diorite Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Santa Fe

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Shipping Grade (Approx. 64 %) Fe Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 64wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 4000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Indicated 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BETWEEN 2 AND 20 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE, ( RUIZ FULLER, 1965 )

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY MECHANIZED METHODS AT A RATE OF ABOUT 45,000 TONS PER ANNUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE (GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE): CHILE INST. GEOL. INV., 305 P., TABLES. (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858G

  • 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 . 433 QUN22S

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MILLAN, A., 1956, PROYECTO DE EXPLORACION DEL YACIMIENTO DE HIERRO EL DORADO: MEMORIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE.

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ALVARADO, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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