Mine detail: El Laco

Previously called 'Orebodies: Laco SurLaco NorteRodados NegrosSan Vicente AltoSan Vicente BajoCristales GrandesLaquito.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-23.84084, -67.49947

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Garnet, Opal, Pyroxene, Quartz, Scapolite
Orebody form:	FLOWS
Discovery year:	1958

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyodacite,Andesite

References

MRDS	W026273
DEP	10078114
Reference	{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:: PARK, C. F., JR., 1972 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN, ECON. GEOL., V. 56 , NO. 3 , P. 339}{Deposit:: FRUTOS, J.J., AND OYARZUN, M. J., 1975, TECTONIC AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE GENESIS OF EL LACO MAGNETITE LAVA FLOW DEPOSITS, CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, NO. 5, P. 988-990.}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Page, Norman J.