Past Producer

Cerro Colorado-Churque Andacollo Cu Mine

Chile
CopperGoldMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Molybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSUBHORIZONTAL
Ore controlIntrusion Of Andean Diorite Complex
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Covellite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockTonalite
Associated rockLimestone,Andesite · Andean Diorite Complex
StructureNorth-Trending Broad Open Folds Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements & Plutonic Masses, North-Trending Anticline And Adjacent Synclines To E. And W. Are E. Of Area. Two Sets Of Faults, Older Strikes North And Younger East. Fault Trending N40-60w.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationElliptical Ne-Trending Hydrothermal Alteration Zone Is 5 X 3 Km At Andacollo. Potassic, Phyllic, And Propylitic Alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1438
Identification
Deposit ID10068731
MRDS IDW001972
Alternate namesCerro Colorado, Andacollo
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.23913, -71.09121
References
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