Cerro Iman Fe Mine

Producer in Atacama, Chile with commodities Iron, Silica, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182261
MRDS ID W026321
MAS/MILS ID 3370090006
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Iman Fe Mine
Related records 10078151

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -70.43284, -27.24748 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -70.43284, -27.24748

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 70M
    Length 330M
    Width 105M
    Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copiapo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera San Andreas
    Home office Chile
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, S., 1960, IRON ORE INDUSTRY IS YOUNG, VIGOROUS AND

  • Deposit

    GROWING: MIN. WORLD, MAY, P. 34-44.

  • Deposit

    U.N.1970.SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES.U.N.DEPT.OF ECON

  • Deposit

    AFFAIRS.UNITED NATIONS.NEW YORK 1970. P.331.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD 010-OTHER"NON-RECOVERABLE" COMPOUNDS IN ORE INCLUDES AND 1.4%CAO WITH TRACE OF S AND NO P. 77-RCD 030-CERRO IMAN MINE LOCATED 14 KM NW OF COPIAPO& 2KM TOLEDO STATION ON THE COPIAPO- PORT CALDERA RAILWAY. 77-RCD 080- ORE BODY IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE BUT ROUGHLY TRAPE IN OUTLINE(BASES 16OM&50M,LENGTH 330 M,MEASURED DEPTH IN 1 >70 M).MOSTLY MAGNETITE ORE. 77-RCD 611-MEASURED RESERVE AS OF 1960

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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