El Algarrobo is an
iron mine
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the ...
in
north-central Chile. Geologically it is an
iron oxide-apatite (IOA) type of deposit. El Algarrobo is part of a wider province of iron ores known as the
Chilean Iron Belt.
From the 1970s onward
El Romeral have come to overshadow El Algarrobo in iron ore production.
[Millán 1999, p. 155]
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Iron ore mines in Chile
Mines in Atacama Region
Surface mines in Chile
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