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Zapallo

Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111252
MRDS ID W026290
Record type Site
Current site name Zapallo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.10621, -29.2658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position EL PLEITO DEPOSIT, OF WHICH ZAPALLO IS A GROUP OF, IS LOCATED 30 KM NE OF CRUZ GRANDE.

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

Analytical data

Result 60 % FE (MEAN IRON CONTENT), 3.5 % SIO2 , 0.15 % P, 0.01 % S.

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) -71.10621, -29.2658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Masses Outcrop In A Porphyritic Formation Around A Contact With Andean Diorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Of Cruz Grande

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • 1966 PRODUCTION FOR THE EL PLEITO DEPOSITS (INCLUDES EL PLEITO, ZAPALLO, AND ROMERITO) WAS 276,000 METRIC TONS FE ORE. (ASSUMED SHIPPING GRADE ORE, APPROX. 64 % FE).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.

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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ALVARADO, 1970 , P. 368

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALIGNMENT OF VARIOUS SMALL DEPOSITS
Deposit ONE OF 3 GROUPS OF DEPOSITS IN THE EL PLEITO DEPOSIT, OTHERS ARE THE EL PLEITO, AND THE ROMERITO.

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

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