Mine detail: Refugio

Previously called 'Guanaco HillPancho HillVerde Hill'

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Location

Lat / long: -27.3758, -69.26617

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite, Quartz, Specularite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stockwork
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Alteration processes:Quartz-Biotite-Chlorite-Clay-Sericite

References

MRDSTC03765
DEP10058039
Reference{Deposit:: BEMA GOLD CORPORATION, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P. 46.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (AUGUST), P. 88.}{Deposit:: VILA, T., AND SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD-RICH PORPHYRY SYSTEMS IN THE MARICUNGA BELT, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1238-1260.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., MCKEE, E.H.,M AND VILA, T., 1991, RECONNAISSANCE K-AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MARICUNGA GOLD-SILVER BELT, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1261-1270.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1994, REFUGIO FUNDING FINALLY IN HAND: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 24, AUGUST 15, 1994, P. 1.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: BEMA GOLD CORP. (1989); ANON (1994).}{Reserve-Resource:: BEMA GOLD CORP. (1989), VILA AND SILLITOE (1991); ANON. (1994).}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.