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Cerro Negro Sur

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078162
MRDS ID W026337
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negro Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.34397, -27.11137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

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) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.34397, -27.11137
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 100M

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 Caldera District; Cerro Negro

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Min Sta. Fe

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE.
  • LISTED AS LESS THAN 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF EQUIVALENT 60 % FE ORE. SECOND LISTING INCLUDES CERRO NEGRO NORTE.

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

    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; DIAZ EL AL, 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Klemic, Harry; Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

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

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