Huanteme

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078122
MRDS ID W026283
Record type Site
Current site name Huanteme

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.85287, -28.4508 (WGS84)
Elevation 760
Relative position VALLENAR; HUASCO PORT, 45 KM W OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 61
Result SIO2 , 8.3
Result S, 0.01
Result AND P, 0.06

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    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) -70.85287, -28.4508

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR BODY
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Length 500M
    Width 50M
  • General form LENTICULAR BODY
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Occurs Around Contact Of Granitic Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Huanteme

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Santa Barbara

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

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FINES AND ESTIMATED MONTHLY PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 50,000 METRIC TONS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 3000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64.5 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 9000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64.5 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

  • OPEN PIT MINING, HIGHLY MECHANIZED; MONTHLY PRODUCTION ABOUT 50,000 TONS INCLUDING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FINES

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

    RUIZ, C., Y HORNKOHL, H., 1942, INFORME SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FE UBICADOS AL NORTE DE VALLENAR (DESDE EL CERRO COLORADO HASTA HUANTEME): INEDITO (DEMIPE)

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ALVARADO, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS 50 M

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

Beyond USGS

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