El Romeral

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000872
MRDS ID ISM0769
Record type District
Current site name El Romeral

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.24955, -29.69747 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN NORTHERN CHILE, COAST RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.24955, -29.69747

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description ROMERAL FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA DE ACERO DEL PACIFICO (CAP)
  • Type Operator
    Owner CAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, C., 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA 1965

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL, VANADIUM, 1975

  • Deposit

    BOOKSTROM, A.E., THE MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF EL ROMERAL, ECON. GEOL. 72, 1977, 1101-1130

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, H. ET AL, 1981, VANADIUM BGR/DIW, HANNOVER/BERLIN, 1981.

Beyond USGS

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