Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlBlock Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsAntimony, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueAlunite, Dickite, Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone
AlterationArgillic, Silicic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1987
Discovery year1987
Identification
Deposit ID10058036
MRDS IDTC03762
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.49415, -69.38784
References
RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P., 1987, REVISTA MINERIA CHILENA, # 72.ELEVATORSKI, E.A., WORLD GOLD: MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES, VOL. 1: NORTH, CENTAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES.SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE--AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205.CIMRISILLITOE (1991)