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El Algarrobo

Producer in Atacama, Chile with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255455
MRDS ID W026276
MAS/MILS ID 3370090034
Record type Site
Current site name El Algarrobo
Related records 10111251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.76624, -28.58077 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BEARINGS ARE FOR THE TOWN OF VALLENAR. THE DEPOSIT LIES 45 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF VALLENAR. THE MINE STARTED OPERATIONS IN 1960. THE ORE IS PRINCI- PALLY SHIPPED TO JAPAN, VIA THE PORT OF ISLA GUACOLDA, NEAR HUASCO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.76624, -28.58077
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Compania De Acero Del Pacifico, S. A.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Indicated 70000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 70000000mt ore
    Inferred 30000000mt ore
    Total resources 100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 60 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970
    Iron Fe2O3 60 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICA-

  • Deposit

    TIONS, 1970, P. 329-336.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A., CHILEAN IRON ORE BOOMING; EXPORTS GROW TO

  • Deposit

    JAPAN, EUROPE, N. AMERICA: WORLD MINING, V. 2, NO. 12,

  • Deposit

    1966, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    SISSLEMAN, R., CHILE'S FIRST PELLET PLANT INCORPORATES HEAT

  • Deposit

    RECOUP SYSTEM AND SELF-FLUXING PELLETS: ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V. 179, NO, 5, 1978, P. 90-93.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, 1978, P. 278.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, CHILE: V. 177, NO. 1, 1976,

  • Deposit

    P.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, CHILE: LESS IRON ORE: V. 289, NO. 7420,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 379.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, CHILE: V. 31, NO. 6, 1978, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA: CHILE: V. 140,

  • Deposit

    NO. 1, 1979, P. 55.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

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