Desvio Norte

Past Producer in Coquimbo, Chile with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182685
MAS/MILS ID 3370210029
Record type Site
Current site name Desvio Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.26625, -29.89746 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coquimbo(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Coquimbo

Comments on the location information

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BEARINGS ARE FOR THE TOWN OF LA SERENA. THE MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1977 BECAUSE OF LOW ORE GRADE, THE LOW PRICE OF IRON ORE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, AND HIGH RAILWAY COSTS TO SHIP ORE TO THE PORT OF HUASCO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.26625, -29.89746

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner C. A. P. (State Owned Steel Co.)
    Home office Chile
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Indicated 60000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 60000000mt ore
    Total resources 60000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 25 wt-pct Iron Trace 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A., CHILEAN IRON ORE BOOMING; EXPORTS GROW TO

  • Deposit

    JAPAN, EUROPE, N. AMERICA: WORLD MINING, V. 2, NO. 12,

  • Deposit

    1966, P. 8-12.

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICA-

  • Deposit

    TIONS, 1970, P. 329-335.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, CHILE: V. 178, NO. 12,

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 128.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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