Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlNnw-Trending Atacama Shear Fault Zone (150 Km Long) With Well-Defined Ne & Nw Converging Fracture Zones W & E Respectively Of Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueChlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Granite
Associated rockAndesite,Granite · Granodiorite Unit;Intrusive Andesite Plutons;Quartzose Granite Unit;Metamorphic Rocks (Pal Undiff.)
StructureNorth-Trending Broad, Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Folds, System Of Ne & Nnw - Striking Dikes In Pal Rocks & N-Striking Dikes In Post-Pal Rocks, See Faults Mentioned In Ore Control
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10068729
MRDS IDW001970
Alternate namesCarrizalillo
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.02416, -70.31676
References
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