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Cerro Pelado

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078511
MRDS ID W026865
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pelado
Alternate or previous names Cerro Pelado Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.05791, -17.78933 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 34 KM ESE OF ILO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAY: 34% FE, 0.12% P, 0.05%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
    Rock description Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.05791, -17.78933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description El Abra Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 3M
    Length 200M
    Width 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coastal Intrusives

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name LEY PROMEDIO
    Estimate year 1963
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 42 wt-pct Iron Major 1963
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 34 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    NARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 7, 75 P.

  • Deposit

    ORTIZ, G., 1970, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE TACNA: SEVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD. B0624.

  • Deposit

    MADRID, A., 1963, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN TACNA: INIFM, COD. B0482.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORTIZ (1970), ORTIZ (1963)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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