Mine detail: Cerro Pelado

Previously called 'Cerro Pelado Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.78933, -71.05791

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Malachite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
Host type:	Tonalite,Diorite
Structure:	El Abra Fault
Tectonic:	Magmatic Arc

References

MRDS	W026865
DEP	10078511
Reference	{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:: NARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 7, 75 P.}{Deposit:: ORTIZ, G., 1970, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE TACNA: SEVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD. B0624.}{Deposit:: MADRID, A., 1963, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN TACNA: INIFM, COD. B0482.}{Reserve-Resource:: ORTIZ (1970), ORTIZ (1963)}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Long, Keith R., Page, Norman J.