Los Marios

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10078143
MRDS ID W026311
Record type Site
Current site name Los Marios

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.02453, -25.4725 (WGS84)
Elevation 1740

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.02453, -25.4725

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 45W
    Length 50M
    Width 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quebrada De La Peineta

Comments on the reserve resource information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.1HA
    Overall depth 20M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 20M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOL. AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE, CHILE INST. GEOL. INV., 307 P. (SPANISH) ( 430 ) R858G

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IIG, 1962, INEDITO #1634

  • Deposit

    CHONG, G., 1973, :MEMORIA UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RUIZ FULLER, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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