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Cerro Negro Norte

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078163
MRDS ID W026338
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negro Norte
Related records 10159039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.3412, -27.09887 (WGS84)
Elevation 1260

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Rutile Ore
Garnet Gangue
Scapolite Gangue
Apatite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.3412, -27.09887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR BODIES
    Length 100M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT CONTACT BETWEEN LOWER CRETACEOUS ANDESITE AND UPPER CRETACEOUS GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Port Of Caldera District; Cerro Negro

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Min. Sta. Fe.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.
  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE. SECOND LISTING INCLUDES CERRO NEGRO SUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965; DIAZ, ET AL., 1980

Reporter information

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

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