La Liga De Algodones

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057524
MRDS ID TC03089
Record type Site
Current site name La Liga De Algodones
Alternate or previous names La Liga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.95787, -30.11413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Piedmontite Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Quebrada Marquesa Formation
    Rock description Quebrada Marquesa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.95787, -30.11413

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 20-30NE
    Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elqui

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1924-1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48.8%.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 49wt-pct
  • Year 1938
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^48.8% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 49wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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