| Lat / long: | -29.7108, -71.24788 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Secondary: | Silica, Ferrosilicon, Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Tertiary: | Sulfur |
| Ore: | Hematite, Magnetite, Martite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Apatite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Pyrite, Scapolite, Tourmaline |
| Orebody form: | LENTICULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1955 |
| Host type: | Diorite,Hornfels,Skarn (Tactite),Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Andesite |
| Structure: | Dioritic Batholite; Southern Termination Of Atacama Fault System, Post-Mineral Dextral Movement On Fault To Northeast |
| Tectonic: | Roof Pendant |
| Alteration processes: | Propylitic |
| MRDS | W029812 |
| DEP | 10106138 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RUIZ FULLER, C., 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA 1965}{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHAMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302-380}{Deposit:: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW, MARCH, 1976.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: BOOKSTROM, A.A., 1977, THE MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF EL ROMERAL, CHILE: ECON GEOL. 72, 1101-1130.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FROM SKILLING*MINING REVIEW, 1976.} |
| Reporter | Theune, C.T., Williams, William C. |