Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Molybdenum
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Enargite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Stannite, Tennantite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Rutile, Sericite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite · Rosario Porphyry;Collahuasi Porphyry;Ines Porphyry;
StructureUpthrown Block Of Permo-Triassic Rocks Faulted Against Jurassic Marine Sediments On The West By The West Fissure Fault (Nw Trending) And On The East By The Loa Fault In Contact With Tertiary Volcanics. Hydrothermal Systems In District Aligned East West., Nw And Ne Trending Structures Conjugate To Major Regional Nw Faults. Jack And Rosario Faults Are Major Features Of A Imbricate Parallel Series Of Normal And Reverse Faults.
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationPhyllic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1896
Identification
Deposit ID10058328
MRDS IDTC04231
Alternate namesVein Systems: Rosario, La Grande, Monctezuma, Poderosa
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.9609, -68.69784
References
PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.DICK, L.A., CHAVEZ, W.X., JR., GONZALES, A., AND BISSO, C., 1994, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF THE CU-AG-(AS) ROSARIO VEIN SYSTEM, COLLAHUASI DISTRICT, CHILE: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1994, NO. 19, P. 1, 6-11.CIMRIDICK ET AL (1994).