Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Clay, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationBiotite, K-Silicate Alteration Overprinted By Argillic; Some Remnants Of Quartz-Alunite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10058038
MRDS IDTC03764
Alternate namesCerro Villalobos
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.22747, -69.03283
References
BEMA GOLD CORPORATION, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT.CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 1989, P. 6-7.SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE--AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205.VILA, T., AND SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD-RICH PORPHYRY SYSTEMS IN MARICUNGA BELT, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1238-1260.SILLITOE, R.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND VILA, T., 1991, RECONNAISSANCE K-AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MARICUNGA GOLD-SILVER BELT, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1261-1270.LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 16, JANUARY '94, P. 17.CIMRIBEMA GOLD CORP., 1989; CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 1989; SILLITOE (1991); VILA AND SILLITOE (1991)