Producer

El Salvador Mine

Chile
CopperMolybdenum
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Description

Andes Copper Mining Co., Anaconda

Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNw And Ne Conjugate Fracturing Of Host Rocks And Intrusives
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite
GangueAnhydrite, Biotite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Specularite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated rockDiorite · Latite Dikes;Quartz & Granodiorite;Fine Granodiorite;Andesite Undiff
StructureBroad Belt Of Intrusive Rhyolite Dikes And Porphyry Extends Sw Of Indio Muerto Peak, Forming A Major Structural Axis Along Which Mineralization Occurred. Along Falla Oeste
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationPrimary Alteration Observed In Deeper Levels (Biotization, Hydrothermal Alteration, Chloritization); Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1959 TO PRESENT
First production1959
Discovery year1922
Identification
Deposit ID10068472
MRDS IDW001538
Alternate namesEl Salvador
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.25248, -69.57285
References
BEALL, J. V., 1969, COPPER IN THE ANDES: MIN. ENG. V. 21, NO. 11, P. 59-90ANACONDA CO STAFF, 1960, EL SALVADOR DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION: MINING ENG., V. 12, NO. 4, P. 339-382MCMAHON, A. D., 1965, COPPER A MATERIALS SURVEY, U.S.B.M. IC 8225 P-61MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE, 1969, P. 257-258.MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE, 1970, P. 299.MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, JUNE, 1972, P. 306-307.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1977, V. 85, NO. 150, P. 18.MINING ENGINEERING, 1960, P. 350.RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.SWAYNE, W., 1960, GEOLOGY OF EL SALVADOR: MINING ENGINEERING, 12, P. 344-348.GUSTAFSON, L., AND HUNT, J., 1975, THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT EL SALVADOR, CHILE: ECON GEOL. 70, 857-912.DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)SILLITOE, R.H., 1988, EPOCHS OF INTRUSION-RELATED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE ANDES: JOUR. S. AM. GEOL., 1, 89-108.FIELD, C.W., AND GUSTAFSON, L.B., 1976, OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPES IN THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT EL SALVADOR, CHILE: ECON. GEOL. 71, 1549-1559.CIMRIDATA ARE FROM MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEWS, 1969, 1970, AND 1972 AND FROM MINING ENGINEERING, 1960. ALSO BLICK DURCH DIE WIRTSCHAFT 15.3.1977.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1977.