Danny Sur and Danny Norte

Occurrence in Chile with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078117
MRDS ID W026277
Record type Site
Current site name Danny Sur and Danny Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.29121, -26.16416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.29121, -26.16416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ELONGATE BODIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salado Norte

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE, CHILE INST. GEOL. INV. CHILE, 307 P (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R 858G.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ENAMI, 1966, #3000.

  • Deposit

    NARANJO, J.A., 1978, GEOLOGIA DE LA ZONA INTERIOR DE LA CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA ENTRE LOS 26 Y 26:33: CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE #34, IIG, SANTIAGO.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORDS #TC0397 (DANNY SUR) AND TC05352 (DANNY NORTE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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