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Cerro Negro Norte

Prospect 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 10159039
MRDS ID W026338
MAS/MILS ID 3370090039
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negro Norte
Alternate or previous names Cerro Negro
Related records 10078163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.83285, -27.06418 (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 CALDERA. THE GRADE FIGURES REPRESENT AN AVERAGE. THE GRADES VARY FROM 35-40 PERCENT FE. THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO HAVE POSSIBLE RESERVES APPROACHING 400 MILLION TONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.83285, -27.06418
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Magnetic

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cia. Minera Santa Fe
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cia. Minera Santa Barbera
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Corporacion De Fomenta De La Produccion. (Corfo)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 290000000mt ore
    Total resources 290000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 37.5 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OWNERS: CIA MINERA SANTA FE, CIA. MINERA SANTA BARBARA. CORP.DE OMENTA DE LA PRODUCCION.OTHER NAME CERRO NEGRO NORTE. CHANGED FROM "F" TO "N" ON NEW CONTRACT. LAT AND LONG FOR TOWN OF CALDERA. POSSIBLE RESERVES 138 MILLION TONS.
  • 1989 YEARBOOK-PETER KUCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND

  • Deposit

    SOCIAL AFFAIRS: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS,

  • Deposit

    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

    MINING MAGAZINE, HUGE CHILEAN IRON ORE PROJECT: V. 122, NO.

  • Deposit

    6, 1970, P. 493.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

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