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San Vincente Chico M. Del Laco 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078131
MRDS ID W026295
Record type Site
Current site name San Vincente Chico M. Del Laco Bajo?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.52447, -23.79751 (WGS84)
Elevation 4267

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • ALTITUDE 4,300 METERS OR HIGHER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.52447, -23.79751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR FLOWS
    Length 450M
    Width 250M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name El Laco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1965
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1965

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES LISTED AS GREATER THAN 20 MILLION M.T. OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE
  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES LISTED AS GREATER THAN 20 MILLION M.T. OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER W026271 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS, CHILE, 307 P., TABLES. (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858G

  • Deposit

    PARK, C. F., JR., 1961 , A MAGNETITE "FLOW" IN NORTHERN CHILE, ECON. GEOL. V. 56 , N. 2 , P 431 - 436

  • Deposit

    PARK, C. F., JR., 1972 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN, ECON. GEOL. V. 67 , N. 3 , P 339

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, DAVID P., 1968 , THE EXTRUSIVE IRON OXIDE DEPOSITS "EL LACO, CHILE; ECON. GEOL. V. 63 , N. 6 , P 700 (ABST).

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS THE NORTHWESTERNMOST ONE OF A GROUP OF 6 MAJOR DEPOSITS DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE PORIPHERY OF A NORTHWEST TRENDING ELLIPTICAL AREA ABOUT 7 KILOMETERS LONG AND 3 KILOMETERS WIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1989 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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