Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR CYLINDRICAL
Ore controlMineralization Is In Andesite And Trachyte Prophyry
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueAlbite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite · Las Chilcas Formation, Calcareous Breccia (Continental);Lo Prado Formation, Marine Sedimentary Rocks & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks;Limestone Undiff
Associated rockDiorite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Andesite · Diorite Batholith;Lo Valle Formation, Volcanic Tuff & Tuffaceous Breccia;Veta Negra Formation, Andesitic Porphyry Lava Flows
StructureNorth-Trending Fold, Faults And Plutonic Masses, E-Dipping Monocline Intruded By Diorite Batholith
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationNo Info Available
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068473
MRDS IDW001539
Alternate namesEl Soldado, El Cobre
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-32.64414, -71.11453
References
RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1 (SPANISH), P. 202, 203MINING JOUR., ANN. REV., 1969, JUNE, P. 258MINING MAG., 1969, V. 121, NO. 3, P. 257CARTER, W.D., 1961, YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE TIPO MANTO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. NO. 10, 30P (SPANISH).MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.1965 GEOLMAP WILLIAM CARTERCARTER, WILLIAM, AND ALISTE NELSON, 1965 (?), CUADRANGULO EL MELON, PROV. ACONCAGUA Y VALPARISO: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, REPT. IN PREPARATION, (SPANISH) . SEE CARTER, W.D., 1961 REFTHE 1968 ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FROM MINING JOURNAL, 1969 AND THE 1970 FIGURE IS FROM MINING MAGAZINE, 1969. THE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FROM RUIZ, 1965.ESTIMATED G. GOUDARZI 3/73