Mine detail: Rosario

Previously called 'Vein Systems: RosarioLa GrandeMonctezumaPoderosa'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.9609, -68.69784

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Enargite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Stannite, Tennantite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Rutile, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1896

Geology

Host rock:Rosario Porphyry;Collahuasi Porphyry;Ines Porphyry;
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Upthrown Block Of Permo-Triassic Rocks Faulted Against Jurassic Marine Sediments On The West By The West Fissure Fault (Nw Trending) And On The East By The Loa Fault In Contact With Tertiary Volcanics. Hydrothermal Systems In District Aligned East West., Nw And Ne Trending Structures Conjugate To Major Regional Nw Faults. Jack And Rosario Faults Are Major Features Of A Imbricate Parallel Series Of Normal And Reverse Faults.
Tectonic:Andes
Alteration processes:Phyllic, Propylitic

References

MRDSTC04231
DEP10058328
Reference{Deposit:: PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980, INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.}{Deposit:: DICK, L.A., CHAVEZ, W.X., JR., GONZALES, A., AND BISSO, C., 1994, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF THE CU-AG-(AS) ROSARIO VEIN SYSTEM, COLLAHUASI DISTRICT, CHILE: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1994, NO. 19, P. 1, 6-11.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: DICK ET AL (1994).}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.