Mine detail: Castaneda De Llamuco

Previously called 'El Penoso,El Algarrabo&AlcapparoOre Bodies.El Algarrobo Fe Mine'

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Location: Coquimbo, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -31.71746, -70.75952
dep_id: 10182156
mas_id: 3370210003
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Apatite, Arfvedsonite, Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Sphene, Tourmaline, Wolframite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wlu
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: MCALLISTER, JAMES F. AND RUIZ, CARLOS 1948 GEOLOGY OF THE TU
  • Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN CHILE GEOLOGICAL BULLITEN 960C P 92 97
  • Deposit:: U.N.1970.SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES.DEPT.OF ECON.&SO
  • Deposit:: AFFAIRS.U.N.NEW YORK.1970.P.332.
  • Deposit:: 1976 E/MJ INT.DIR.OF MINING&MIN. PROCESSING UNITS.MCGRAW-HIL
  • Deposit:: 1976.P.
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