El Lunar

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105964
MRDS ID W026272
Record type Site
Current site name El Lunar
Alternate or previous names Lautaro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.3562, -27.23581 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position CLOSE TO CERRO IMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 66
Result SIO2 , 2.20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.3562, -27.23581

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLIKE BODY
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 60 SW
    Length 220M
    Width 8.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Lunar

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 65 wt-pct Iron Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 66 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RUIZ FULLER, 1965 - BETWEEN 2 AND 20 MILLION M.T. ORE AT 60 % FE EQUIVALENT

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

    RUIZ, C., Y CAPURRO, J., 1943, INFORME SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE HIERRO DE LA REGION DE COPIAPO: INEDITO (DEMIPE)

  • 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

    ALVARADO, 1970

Reporter information

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