Mine detail: El Tofo

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Location

Lat / long: -29.44414, -71.24122

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form: STOCKWORK, IRREGULAR
Other material: Apatite
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Silicic, Propylitic, Argillic

References

MRDSW026286
DEP10105965
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:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: GEIJER, P., 1931, THE IRON ORES OF THE KIRUNA TYPE: SVERIGES UNDERSOKNING: SER C. #367.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: RUIZ FULLER, 1965}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Williams, William C.