Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFolding, Faulting Principal Controls For Primary Mineralization
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Enargite
GangueHematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockMonzonite,Andesite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite,Granite
StructureComplexly Folded And Faulted Central Ranges, Cerro De Quetana, West Fissure At Chuquicamata Reportedly Passes A Short Distance East Of Quetana And Is Considered To Be The Major Structure For Cu Mineralization
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationLocal Si-Rich Intrusions Caused Wide-Spread Alteration And Completely Silicified The Adjacent Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1961
Identification
Deposit ID10068483
MRDS IDW001553
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-22.44421, -69.00952
References
RUIZ, F., 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1 (SPANISH)MINING JOUR. ANN. REV. 1969, JUNE P. 258MINING WORLD, 1959, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 73.HOLMES, S. W., 1962, HAS ANOTHER PORPHYRY COPPER BEEN DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN CHILE (?): WORLD MINING, V. 15, NO. 5, P. 35-43.RACZYNSKI, ANDRES, 1962, MINA QUETANA, INST. INV. GEOL., UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION (SPANISH).1962 COMPILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILMINING WORLD, 1959, REF.INVESTMENT REPORTED IN MINING JOUR. ANNUAL REVIEW JUNE 1969 - P. 258