Mine detail: La Pepa

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Location

Lat / long: -27.26497, -69.2745

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1983

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Dacite
Alteration processes:Quartz, Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDSTC03813
DEP10058062
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990 (JULY), P. 46.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1991, GOLD METALLOGENY OF CHILE--AN INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1187-1205.}{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., AND VILA, T. 1991, RECONNAISSANCE K-AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MARICUNGA GOLD-SILVER BELT, NORTHERN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NP. 6, P. 1261-1270.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY*4, P. 25.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1990; VILLA AND SILLITOE (1991)}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.