Mine detail: Comquimbo Mn Mines

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Location

Lat / long: -29.99745, -70.99953

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Braunite, Hausmanite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Manto
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1884

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Andesite
Associated rock:Andean Diorite Complex Intrusive
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:North-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, North-Trending Anticline And Adjacent Synclines To E And W
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera And Batholith

References

MRDSW001985
DEP10068744
Reference{Deposit:: AGUIRRE, LUIS AND MEHECH, SONIA, 1964, STRATIGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MANGANESE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF COQUIMBO PROVINCE, CHILE: ECON GEOLOGY, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 428-442}{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, P. 263-280. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: BOWES, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL., BOL. 22, PT. 2, P. 59-70}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE PROVINCE OF COBUIMBO, CHILE: NEW YORK , UNITED NATIONS, P. 74-76}{Deposit:: AGUIRRE, LUIS AND MEHECH, SOINA, 1964, STRATIGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MANGANESE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF COQUIMBO PROVINCE, CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 428-442.}{Deposit:: BOWES, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIOACTIVOSEN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INSTITUTE OF INVESTIGATION OF GEOLOGY, BOV. 22, PT. 2, P. 59-70.}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE PROVINCE OF COLUMBO, CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 74-76.}{Deposit:: 1958 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. AND INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILE}{Deposit:: 1966 GEOLMAP UNITED NATIONS}{Production:: RUIZ, 1965, REF.}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B.