La Negra

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104554
MRDS ID TC03999
Record type Site
Current site name La Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.84121, -28.3308 (WGS84)
Elevation 525

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.84121, -28.3308

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 70NW
    Length 150M
    Width 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROPHYRITIC INTRUSION CROSSCUTS MN MANTO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Picanitas

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1940
    Total resources 45000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 35 wt-pct Manganese Major 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 70M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BEHNCKE, R., 1944, ESTUDIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MN DE CARRIZAL: MEMORIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, SANTIAGO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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