Arenas Ferruginosas

Occurrence in Chile with commodities Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078157
MRDS ID W026329
Record type Site
Current site name Arenas Ferruginosas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.07956, -36.70751 (WGS84)
Relative position COAST BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND CHILOE ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 25
Result AND TIO2 , 0.2 , AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.07956, -36.70751

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 300000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 25 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
    Titanium TiO2 0.2 wt-pct Titanium Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22S

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, 1970

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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