Mine detail: Elenita

Previously called 'Mina Elenita'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.31586, -70.26955

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Atacamite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue: Epidote, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: SHEET-LIKE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:La Negra Formation
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Faults At 90, 35s And North-South. Bedding - N35-40e, 35nw.
Alteration processes:Argillic, Silicic

References

MRDSTC03587
DEP10057899
Reference{Deposit:: BORIC, R., DIAZ, F., AND MAKSAEV, V., 1984, COMPLEMENTO MAPA METALOGENICO, II REGION: GERENCIA DE DESAROLLO, SANTIAGO, (12 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: ENAMI, 1961, #22235.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1995, PRINCETON DRILLING ELENITA COPPER PROJECT IN CHILE: THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 23, 1995, V. 80, NO. 47, P. 20.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ANON. (1995).}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.