El Algarrobo is an iron mine in north-central Chile. Geologically it is an iron oxide-apatite (IOA) type of deposit.[1] El Algarrobo is part of a wider province of iron ores known as the Chilean Iron Belt.[2] From the 1970s onward El Romeral have come to overshadow El Algarrobo in iron ore production.[3]
| Location | |
|---|---|
  El Algarrobo | |
| Atacama Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 28°48′30.7″S 70°59′6″W / 28.808528°S 70.98500°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron |
References
edit- ^ "El Algarrobo Mine, Alto del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama Region, Chile". mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ Ménard, J. -J. (June 1995). "Relationship between altered pyroxene diorite and the magnetite mineralization in the Chilean Iron Belt, with emphasis on the El Algarrobo iron deposits (Atacama region, Chile)". Mineralium Deposita. 30 (3–4): 268–274. Bibcode:1995MinDe..30..268M. doi:10.1007/BF00196362. S2CID 130095912.
- ^ Millán 1999, p. 155
Bibliography
edit- Millán, Augusto (1999). Historia de la minería del hierro en Chile (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria. ISBN 956-11-1499-2.
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