Description
Native Americans
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound Exhalative
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla
Geology
Host rockDacite · Purehue Member Veta Negra Formation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1980-
Identification
Deposit ID10084866
MRDS IDW700084
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-33.44608, -70.93924
References
RUIZ, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS, PARTE II, TABLE 1, NO. 183 AND QUADRO NO. 1.E/MJ, JAN. 1985, P. 44-48.RUIZ, C., AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, GEOLOGIA, DISTRIBUCION Y GENESIS DE LOS YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS CHILENOS: SANTIAGO, FONDO NAC. DESAROLLO CIENT. Y TEC., P. 104-106.E/MJ, JAN. 1985, P. 44.