Mine detail: Choquelimpie

Previously called 'Santana, Cerro Chivaque, Espanola, Inglesa, San Miguel, Animita,Intermedio, Fortuna, AbundanciaChoquelimpie Mine, Choque-LimpieOre Bodies Zorro, Vizcachas, Rajo Hunidimento, Cerro Hundimento,'

Location:	Chile, South America
Lat / long:	-18.30292, -69.27787
dep_id:	10057470
mrds_id:	TC03020
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Acanthite, Argentite, Electrum, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Orpiment, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Alunite, Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Dickite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	SEMITABULAR
model:	154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
alteration:	Silicic, Argillic
conc_proc:	Oxidized Zone Is 10 To 40 M And Contact With Sulfide Zone Is Subparallel To Surface
Reporter:	Williams, William C., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Andesite
disc_yr:	1643
prod_yrs:	REACTIVATED IN 1986
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:: MINING, 1990, ANNUAL REVIEW, P. 47. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1989 (OCT.), P. 254. Deposit:: PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980 INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO. Deposit:: SALAS, R., KAST, R., MONTECINOS, F., Y SALAS, I., 1966, GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEL ARICA: BOL. 21, IIG, SANTIAGO. Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., WORLD GOLD: MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES, VOL. 1: NORTH, CENTAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46. Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE--AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205. Deposit:: GROPPER, H., CALVO, M., CRESPO, H., BISSO, C.R., CAUDRA, W.A., DUNKERLEY, P.M., AND AGUIRRE, E., 1991, THE EPITHERMAL GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT OF CHOQUELIMPIE, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, N. 6, P. 1206-1221. Deposit:: CUARDA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1989; MINING, 1990, ANNUAL REVIEW, P. 47; GROPPER AND OTHERS (1991) Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1989; GROOPER AND OTHERS (1991); SILLITOE (1991)