Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureUpthrown Block Of Permo-Triassic Rocks In Fault Contact On The West (West Fissure Fault, Nw Trending) With Jurassic Marine Rocks And On The East In Fault Contact With Tertiary Volcanic (Loa Fault, Nw Trending). Hydrothermal Systems Are Aligned E-W.
Tectonic settingAndes
AlterationPhyllic
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1991
Identification
Deposit ID10097395
MRDS IDTC41708
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-20.96424, -68.68284
References
DICK, L.A., CHAVEZ, W.X., JR., GONZALES, A., AND BISSO, C., 1994, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF THE CU-AG-(AS) ROSARIO VEIN SYSTEM, COLLAHUASI DISTRICT CHILE: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCT. 1994, NO. 19, P. 1, 6-11CIMRIDICK ET AL (1994).