Mine detail: El Hueso

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Location

Lat / long: -26.49415, -69.38784

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Antimony, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Alunite, Dickite, Illite, Jarosite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1987

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1987

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Limestone
Alteration processes:Argillic, Silicic

References

MRDSTC03762
DEP10058036
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: , 1987, REVISTA MINERIA CHILENA, # 72.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., WORLD GOLD: MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES, VOL. 1: NORTH, CENTAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE--AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SILLITOE (1991)}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.