Fresia

Producer in Chile with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110064
MRDS ID TC05803
Record type Site
Current site name Fresia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.27871, -26.2086 (WGS84)
Elevation 920

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.27871, -26.2086

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 8M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Negro

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 2M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    NARANJO, J.A., 1978, GEOLOGIA DE LA ZONA INTERIOR DE LA CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA ENTRE LOS 26 Y 26.33: CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE #34, IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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