Mine detail: El Algarrobo

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Location: Atacama, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -27.08078, -70.58284
dep_id: 10158453
mas_id: 3370090029
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Bolis
Year first produced: 1962
References:
  • Deposit:: SKILLINGS, D.N. C.A.P* NEW PRODUCTION FACILITIES AT
  • Deposit:: ALGARROBO AND HUASCO, SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, MAY 5, 1979
  • Deposit:: PP. 14-20.
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS,
  • Deposit:: SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES, NEW YORK, 1970, PP 329-336
  • Deposit:: SISSELMAN, R., CHIL* FIRST PELLET PLANT INCORPORATES HEAT
  • Deposit:: RECOUP SYSTEM AND SELF FLURING PELLETS, ENGINEERING AND
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1978, PP 91-94.
  • Deposit:: AIKEN, G.E., EL ALGARROBO; NEW OPEN PIT, MINING ENGINEERING,
  • Deposit:: MARCH, 1962, PP 52-57.
  • Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., CHILEAN IRON ORE BOOMING; EXPORTS GROW TO
  • Deposit:: JAPAN, EUROPE, N. AMERICA, WORLD MINING, NOV., 1964,
  • Deposit:: PP 8-12.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, HUASCO PELLETIZING PLANT, JUNE, 1978,
  • Deposit:: PP 556-558.
  • Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.
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