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Porvenir

Prospect 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078136
MRDS ID W026301
Record type Site
Current site name Porvenir

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.30953, -26.69248 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.30953, -26.69248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONTAINS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOL. AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE, CHILE INST. GEOL. INV. 307 P (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858G

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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