Mine detail: Quebrada Blanca

Previously called 'CarmenAbundancia'

Location:	Chile, South America
Lat / long:	-20.99924, -68.81952
dep_id:	10057455
mrds_id:	TC03003
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite
work_type:	Unknown
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic
Reporter:	Page, Norman J., Williams, William C.
hrock_unit:	Collahuasi Porphyry
hrock_type:	Monzonite,Diorite,Quartzite
Structure:	Upthrown Block Of Permo-Triassic Rocks In Fault Contact On The West (West Fissure Fault, Nw-Trending) With Jurassic Marine Sediments And On The East In Fault Contact With Tertiary Volcanics (Loa Fault, Nw-Trending), Hydrothermal Systems In District Are Aligned E-W.
tectonic:	Andes
References:	Deposit:: FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888. Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P. Deposit:: HUNT, J., 1980, EL PROYECTO QUEBRADA BLANCA: ANALES DEL CONGRESO CINCUENTENARIO INST. INGENIEROS DE MINAS P. 263-286. Deposit:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, OCT. 1989, P. 6-7. Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1988, EPOCHS OF INTRUSION-RELATED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE ANDES: JOUR S. AM. EARTH SCI., I, P. 89-108. Deposit:: PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO. Deposit:: ANON., 1994, FIRST CATHODE AT QUEBRADA BLANCA: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 26, AUGUST 29, 1994, P. 1. Deposit:: 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, OCTOBER 1994, NO. 19, P. 1, 6-11. Deposit:: ANON., 1994, COMINCO RES. ADVANCES FOREIGN PROJECTS: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 40, P. 3. Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, OCTOBER 1993, P. 15. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: ANON. (1994). Reserve-Resource:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT (1989); ANON (1994).