Mine detail: Marte

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.16941, -69.0195

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Alunite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diaspore, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1981

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1989

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Tectonic:	Volcan Pastillitos In Volcanoplutonic Arc Of Mesozoic To Cenozoic Age
Alteration processes:	See Comments

References

MRDS	TC03763
DEP	10058037
Reference	{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., WORLD GOLD: MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES, VOL. 1: NORTH, CENTAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES.}{Deposit:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 1989 (OCT.), P. 6-7.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P.46.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE - AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205.}{Deposit:: VILA, T., SILLITOE, R.H., BETZHOLD, J., AND VITERI, E., 1991, THE PROPHYRY GOLD DEPOSIT AT MARTE, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1271-1286.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 1989; VILA AND OTHERS (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P.46 (ORE(1)); VILA AND OTHERS (1991) (ORE(2)); SILLITOE (1991)}
Reporter	Williams, William C., Page, Norman J.