Producer

Remolinos, Cabeza De Vaca Cu Mine

Chile
CopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR ROCKS, ELLIPTICAL TO CIRCULAR PIPES
Ore controlTourmaline Breccia, Pipes, Quartz And Calcite Veins, Intrusion Of Cabeza De Vaca Pluton
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Scheelite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Cabeza De Vaca
Associated rockDiorite · Cabeza De Vaca;
StructureNorth-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, N-Trending Dikes Intrude Cret Volcanic & Sedimentary Rocks To East Of Pluton. Anticline & 2 Synclines To South
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration, Contact Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10068740
MRDS IDW001980
Alternate namesRemolinos Nueva
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.60164, -70.04285
References
RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 44-45PARKER, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECO DE COBRE, PAMPA LARGA Y PARTE NORTE DE CABEZA DE VACA, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 14, 46 P. (SPANISH)BOWES, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22 PT. 2, P. 27-58 (SPANISH)DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)PARKER, R., Y OTROS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECOS DE COBRE, PAMPA LARGA, Y CABEZA DE VACA, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: BOL. 14.CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.PARKER, R.L., AND OTHERS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECO DE COBRA, PAMPA LARGA Y PARTE NORTE DE CABEZA DE VACA, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 14, 46 P. (SPANISH).BOWES, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIOACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22, PT. 2, P. 27-58 (SPANISH).UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK UNITED NATIONS, P. 44-45.1959 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. & INSTITUTO INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILE1963 GEOLMAP UNITED NATIONS1963 COMPILE RAY PARKERCIMRIPARKER, 1963, REF.; CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991)