Mine detail: El Laco

Previously called 'El Laco Fe Deposit'

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Location: Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -23.64752, -67.66618
dep_id: 10231469
mas_id: 3370050003
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Actinolite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Scapolite
Reporter: Wor
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, S., 1960, IRON ORE INDUSTRY IS YOUNG, VIGOROUS AND
  • Deposit:: GROWING: MIN. WORLD, MAY 1960, P. 34-44.
  • Deposit:: U.N.1970. SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES.U.N.DEPT.OF ECO
  • Deposit:: AFFAIRS.NEW YORK,1970.P331.
  • Deposit:: DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY.SERIES 1301,SCALE 1:1,000,000,SHEET S
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