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El Algarrobo, Los Colorados
Chile
Main commodities: Fe




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2016.     Record last updated: 19/04/2016
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
La Cruz, N.L., Simon, A.C., Wolf, A.S., Reich, M., Barra, F. and Gagnon, J.E.,  2019 - The geochemistry of apatite from the Los Colorados iron oxide-apatite deposit, Chile: implications for ore genesis: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 1143-1156.
Menard J J  1995 - Relationship between altered pyroxene diorite and the magnetite mineralisation in the Chilean Iron Belt, with emphasis on the El Algarrobo iron deposits (Atacama region, Chile): in    Mineralium Deposita   v30 pp 268-274.
Reich, M., Simon, A.C., Deditius, A., Barra, F., Chryssoulis, S., Lagas, G., Tardani, D., Knipping, J., Bilenker, L., Sanchez-Alfaro, P., Roberts, M.P. and Munizaga, R.,  2016 - Trace Element Signature of Pyrite from the Los Colorados Iron Oxide-Apatite (IOA) Deposit, Chile: A Missing Link Between Andean IOA and Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Systems?: in    Econ. Geol.   v.111, pp. 743-761.
Tornos, F., Hanchar, J.M., Munizaga, R., Velasco, F. and Galindo, C.,   2021 - The role of the subducting slab and melt crystallization in the formation of magnetite-(apatite) systems, Coastal Cordillera of Chile: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.56, pp. 253-278.


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