Mine detail: Boqueron Chanar

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Location

Lat / long: -28.06275, -70.69732

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Apatite, Magnetite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated type:Diorite,Andesite

References

MRDSW026325
DEP10105971
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380, 433 QUN22S.}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOPHYS U.N. SPECIAL FUND. CORFO}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterCooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Williams, William C.