Mine detail: Los Colorados

Previously called '3 Deposits - Los ColoradosLa NegraAnd La Escapada'

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Location

Lat / long: -28.3058, -70.81787

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Tourmaline
Orebody form: VEINLIKE BODY, LENTICULAR VEINS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Hornfels

References

MRDSW026310
DEP10078142
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:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C., Y HORNKOHL, H., 1942, INFORME SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE FE UBICADOS AL NORTE DE VALLENAR (DESDE EL CERRO COLORADO HASTA HUANTEME): INEDITO (DEMIPE)}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Williams, William C.