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Carmen

Past Producer 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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078159
MRDS ID W026333
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.13703, -26.33499 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Relative position CHANARAL, 50 KM FROM PORT OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN DEPOSIT IS LONG AND NARROW RUNNING EAST AND WEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 66
Result SIO2 , 3.5
Result S, 0.1
Result AND P, 0.35 - 0.40

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.13703, -26.33499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR BODY, IRREGULAR
    Strike E 30 S
    Dip 30S

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURS IN A PORPHYRITIC FORMATION WITH SEDIMENTARY BEDS IN CONTACT WITH A LARGE INTRUSIVE BODY OF THE ANDEAN BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Diego De Almagro

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AS MUCH AS 360,000 T/YR IN PAST. NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1978.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 3000000000mt ore
    Indicated 2000000000mt ore
    Inferred 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 66 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BETWEEN 2 AND 20 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ( RUIZ FULLER, 1965 )

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

  • 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

  • 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.)

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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