| Lat / long: | -22.80421, -69.38285 |
| Primary: | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc |
| Ore: | Acanthite, Anglesite, Atacamite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite |
| Gangue: | Adularia, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Specularite, Willemite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Sierra Gorda Pluton |
| Host type: | Diorite |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Veins Displaced By North-South Strike-Slip Faults; N-S To Ne Trending Normal Faulting |
| Tectonic: | Lcret-Etert Magmatic Arc |
| Alteration processes: | Silicic, Sericitic; Alteration Weak; Feldspars Have Minor Sericite, Calcite; Ferromagnesium Minerals Have Chlorite, Epidote, Calcite To 20-30 M Away From Veins; Close To Ore Shoots Is 5-10 M Envelope Argillic And Sericitic Alteration |
| MRDS | TC03387 |
| DEP | 10057747 |
| Reference | {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:: BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSEAV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGON: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, W.C., 1990, FIELD NOTES & UNPUBLISHED DATA,}{Deposit:: CAMUS, F., AND SKEWES, M.A., 1991, THE FARIDE EPITHERMAL SILVER-GOLD DEPOSIT, ANTOFAGASTA REGION CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1222-1237.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: COMPANIA MINERA CERRO MINADOR; CAMUS AND SKEWES (1991)} |
| Reporter | Williams, William C., Page, Norman J. |