Mine detail: Cerro Tres Puntas 2

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Location

Lat / long: -26.85304, -69.96619

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Bandurrias Formation
Associated type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Phyllic, Propylitic

References

MRDSTC03810
DEP10058060
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: DOMEYKO, I., 1900, MINERALOGIA, 4, P. 57.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, J., 1926, THE GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: P. 23.}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.