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Boqueron Chanar

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105971
MRDS ID W026325
Record type Site
Current site name Boqueron Chanar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.69732, -28.06275 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Relative position 60 KM N OF VALLENAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 60
Result S, LOW
Result AND P, LOW

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.69732, -28.06275
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS SERIES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND LAVA FLOWS, WHICH SURROUND A CONTACT WITH A LARGE DIORITIC INTRUSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boqueron

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 163000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 57.1 wt-pct Iron Major 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y 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.).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOPHYS U.N. SPECIAL FUND. CORFO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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

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