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The clear volcanic and subvolcanic character of the El Laco iron-oxide deposits has transformed this volcanic complex into a unique phenomenon. As far as known, no other magnetite lava flows have been described except for small, volcanic-type iron-oxide bodies appearing about 12 km south of El Laco, yet magmatic injection bodies of magnetite are widely recognized and some are thought to have been intruded at comparatively shallow depths (Park 1961; Ruiz 1965).
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Frutos, J., Oyarzun, J., Shiga, Y., Alfaro, G. (1990). The El Laco Magnetite Lava Flow Deposits, Northern Chile: An Up-To-Date Review and New Data. In: Fontboté, L., Amstutz, G.C., Cardozo, M., Cedillo, E., Frutos, J. (eds) Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes. Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1_54
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