Mine detail: Santa Cecilia

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.74052, -70.92592

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
Alteration processes:	Quartz-Chlorite-Clay-Sericite, Advanced Argillic Cap

References

MRDS	TC04501
DEP	10058501
Reference	{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)}{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, NO. 6, P. 1261-1270.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: VILA AND SILLITOE (1991)}
Reporter	Williams, William C., Page, Norman J.