Producer

Mantos Blancos

Chile
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlDacite Porphyry Which Intrudes Andesite Lava
Materials
Ore mineralsAtacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Silver
GangueCalcite, Hematite, Jarosite, Natroalunite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockAndesite · La Negra Formation
StructureNorth-Trending Folds, Faults And Plutonic Masses, Bedding - N65w, 12sw Faults At N25-45e And N5e-N25w
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationSulfides Rare, Deposit Probably Formed In Situ By Oxidation Of A Previously Formed Secondary Sulfide Enrichment Zone; Albitization, Silicification, Sericitization, Chloritization (Mg:Fe = 1:1)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1960
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10068478
MRDS IDW001546
Alternate namesMarina, Nora, Aida, Sopresa, Quinta
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-23.42753, -70.06121
References
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