Description
Spanish Colonial
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Gold
GangueAlunite, Barite, Dickite, Gypsum, Hematite, Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · El Guanaco Formation
AlterationSilicic, Argillic, Sericitic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10058066
MRDS IDTC03817
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-25.10583, -69.52702
References
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