Producer

La Pepa

Chile
GoldCopper
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Description

Exploraciones Y Minerales Sierra Morena

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueMagnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDacite
AlterationQuartz, Chlorite, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1983
Identification
Deposit ID10058062
MRDS IDTC03813
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.26497, -69.2745
References
MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P. 46.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 THE 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, NP. 6, P. 1261-1270.LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY '94, P. 25.CIMRIMINING MAGAZINE, 1990.MINING MAGAZINE, 1990; VILLA AND SILLITOE (1991)