Prospect

Quebrada Blanca

Chile
CopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite
Geology
Host rockMonzonite,Diorite,Quartzite · Collahuasi Porphyry
StructureUpthrown Block Of Permo-Triassic Rocks In Fault Contact On The West (West Fissure Fault, Nw-Trending) With Jurassic Marine Sediments And On The East In Fault Contact With Tertiary Volcanics (Loa Fault, Nw-Trending), Hydrothermal Systems In District Are Aligned E-W.
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationPotassic, Phyllic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10057455
MRDS IDTC03003
Alternate namesCarmen, Abundancia
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.99924, -68.81952
References
FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.HUNT, J., 1980, EL PROYECTO QUEBRADA BLANCA: ANALES DEL CONGRESO CINCUENTENARIO INST. INGENIEROS DE MINAS P. 263-286.CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, OCT. 1989, P. 6-7.SILLITOE, R.H., 1988, EPOCHS OF INTRUSION-RELATED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE ANDES: JOUR S. AM. EARTH SCI., I, P. 89-108.PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.ANON., 1994, FIRST CATHODE AT QUEBRADA BLANCA: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 26, AUGUST 29, 1994, P. 1.DICK, L.A., CHAVEZ, W.X., JR., GONZALES, A., AND BISSO, C., 1994, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF THE CU-AG-(AS) ROSARIO VEIN SYSTEM, COLLAHUASI DISTRICT, CHILE: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1994, NO. 19, P. 1, 6-11.ANON., 1994, COMINCO RES. ADVANCES FOREIGN PROJECTS: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 40, P. 3.LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, OCTOBER 1993, P. 15.CIMRIANON. (1994).CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT (1989); ANON (1994).