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Pirolusita

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10058150
MRDS ID TC03997
Record type Site
Current site name Pirolusita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.1812, -27.26415 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

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
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.1812, -27.26415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E; N75W
    Dip 80NW; 90
    Length 2000M
    Width 1M
  • Strike N70E; N75W
    Dip 80NW; 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Estacion Chulo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., 1960, CUADRANGULO QUEBRADA PAIPOTE, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: CARTA GEOLOGICA IIG, V. 2, #1.

  • Deposit

    DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 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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