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Los Colorados

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078142
MRDS ID W026310
Record type Site
Current site name Los Colorados
Alternate or previous names 3 Deposits - Los Colorados, La Negra, And La Escapada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.81787, -28.3058 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position CARRIZAL BAJO, 55 KM ESE OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WORKING AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 60
Result SIO2 , 9
Result AND S, 0.05

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.81787, -28.3058
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE BODY, LENTICULAR VEINS
    Strike NNE-SSW
    Dip 70W
    Length 300M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Los Colorados

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 7000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 14000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Trace 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 25 wt-pct Iron Trace 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 65M

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    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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