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Oficina Humberstone

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Nitrogen-Nitrates, Iodine, Sodium, Boron-Borates, Chromium
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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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065009
MRDS ID TC39982
Record type Site
Current site name Oficina Humberstone
Alternate or previous names Humberstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.76732, -20.16982 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 38 KM EAST OF IQUIQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • AT TOWN OF HUMBERSTONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary
Iodine Primary
Sodium Secondary
Boron-Borates Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result 3 CHANNEL SAMPLES OF SELECTED PARTS OF NITRATE ORE LAYER AT 2 LOCALITIES: (1) 17.67% NO3, 11.11% CL, 3.47% SO4, 0.57% CLO4, 0.004% IO3, 0.07% B4O7, 13.8% NA, 0.95% K, 1.06% CA, 1.87% H2O
Result (2) 2.41% NO3, 20.10% CL, 8.84% SO4, 1.0% CLO4, 0.03% IO3, 0.3% B4O7, 14.6% NA, 1.44% K, 0.71% MG, 1.50% CA, 2.76% H2O
Result (3) 8.77% NO3, 4.73% CL, 2.69% SO4, 0.4% CLO4, 0.04% IO3, 0.2% B4O7, 6.4% NA, 0.28% K, 1.00% CA, 4.87% H2O (ANALYSES REPORTED AS ANIONS AND CATIONS).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.76732, -20.16982
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS FORM DUE TO VERY ARID CLIMATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tarapaca District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G.E., 1981, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE CHILEAN NITRATE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1188, 37P.

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G.E., AND MROSE, M.E., 1970, MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF THE NITRATE DEPOSITS OF CHILE II DARAPSKITE- NA3(NO3)(SO4).H2O: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 55, P. 1500-1517.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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