Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSHEET-LIKE
Materials
Ore mineralsAtacamite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
GangueEpidote, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · La Negra Formation
StructureFaults At 90, 35s And North-South. Bedding - N35-40e, 35nw.
AlterationArgillic, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10057899
MRDS IDTC03587
Alternate namesMina Elenita
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-23.31586, -70.26955
References
BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).ENAMI, 1961, #22235.ANON, 1995, PRINCETON DRILLING ELENITA COPPER PROJECT IN CHILE: THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 23, 1995, V. 80, NO. 47, P. 20.CIMRIANON. (1995).