Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlN-Trending Atacama Shear Falut Zone (150 Km Long) With A Well-Defined Subsidiary Zone Of Transverse Faults. Mineralized Brecciated Zone Is Up To 100 M Wide
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz, Uraninite
Other materialsHematite, Pyrite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Marine Sedimentary & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks Unit;Continental Sedimentary & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks Unit;Marine Sedimentary & Volcanic Rocks Unit;Continental-Marine Sedimentary & Felsic Tuffaceous Rock Units
Associated rockDiorite,Andesite,Granite · Granodiorite Unit;Jur-Cret;Quartzose Granite Unit;Undiff., Metamorphic Rocks
StructureNorth-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements And Plutonic Masses. Near Falla Salado., Folds, System Of Ne-&Nnw-Striking Dikes In Pal Rocks & N-Striking Dikes In Post-Pal Rocks, See Faults Mentioned In Ore Control. Bedding At N20w, 55ne
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationHydrothermal And Contact Metamorphic Alteration; Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10068735
MRDS IDW001976
Alternate namesEl Salado Cu Mine
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.55581, -70.32732
References
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