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El Bordo

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10057889
MRDS ID TC03574
Record type Site
Current site name El Bordo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.5245, -23.03586 (WGS84)
Elevation 3280

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
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 53.21% MN, 1.5% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name El Bordo Formation;Agua Dulce Formation
    Rock description El Bordo Formation;Agua Dulce Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.5245, -23.03586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Contact Between A Tuff And A Breccia.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Del Quimal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).

  • Deposit

    RAMIREZ, C., AND GARDEWEG, M., 1982, HOJA TOCONAO, REGION DE ANTOFAGASTA, CARTA GEOLOGIA DE CHILE #54: SERNAGEOMIN, SANTIAGO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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