Patricia

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078148
MRDS ID W026317
Record type Site
Current site name Patricia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.15786, -26.85581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.15786, -26.85581

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, VEINLIKE BODIES, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Port Of Chanaral District; Sierra Del Desierto

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maira, H.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS
  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965 , GEOLOGY 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

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

  • 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-JUN-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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