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El Penoso

Occurrence in Chile with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078126
MRDS ID W026289
Record type Site
Current site name El Penoso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.98621, -28.7858 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF ALGARROBO DEPOSIT (SEE EL ALGARROBO)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.98621, -28.7858
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BODIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MORE THAN 20 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 PERCENT FE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE (GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE): CHILE INST. GEOL. INV., 305 P., TABLES. (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858G

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, C., 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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