Description
Worked By Atacamenos And/Or Incas.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlStratigraphy.
Materials
Ore mineralsAtacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Tenorite
GangueAlbite, Calcite, Celestite, Gypsum, Hematite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Artollo Member Of Pacencia Group
StructureAnticline Trending N40e.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10065215
MRDS IDTC40317
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-22.72393, -68.23449
References
FLINT, S., 1986, SEDIMENTARY AND DIAGENETIC CONTROLS ON RED BED ORE GENESIS: THE MIDDLE TERTIARY SAN BARTOLO COPPER DEPOSIT, ANTOFAGASTA PROVINCE, CHILE: ECON. GEOL., 81, 761-778.FLINT, S., 1990, THE SEDIMENT-HOSTED, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS OF SAN BARTOLO, NORTHERN CHILE, IN FONTBOTE, L., AMSTUTZ, G.C., AND CORDOZO, M. EDS., STRATABOUND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES: SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN, 620-636.CIMRI