Manto Monstruo

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078145
MRDS ID W026313
Record type Site
Current site name Manto Monstruo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.91122, -20.28926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1010
Relative position IQUEQUE, 27 KM ESE OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • FRUTOS & PINCHEIRA (1986) REPORT LOCATION AT 20-17-06S AND 069-54-42W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.91122, -20.28926

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE
    Strike N 60 - 80 DEG E
    Dip 50 - 60 DEG S
    Length 120M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Rosa Huantajaya

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 2 MILLION M.T. ORE AT 60 % EQUIVALENT FE.
  • LESS THAN 2,000,000 M.T. ORE AT 60 % EQUIVALENT FE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, ARTURO, 1962 : MINA MANTO MONSTRUO; INF. INED. H. G. (SPANISH)

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PACCI, D., Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO VEINS. <2 MT (>60% FE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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