Mine detail: Tres Perlas Norte and Tres Perlas Sur

Previously called 'Tres Perlas Manto'

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Location

Lat / long: -30.2269, -71.09954

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: LENSES, MANTOS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Upper Part Of Andacollo Member Of Quebrada Marquesa Formation
Host type:Dacite
Associated type:Tonalite
Alteration processes:Potassic, Argillic, Propylitic

References

MRDSTC39951
DEP10064987
Reference{Deposit:: REYES, M., 1991, THE ANDACOLLO STRATA-BOUND GOLD DEPOSIT, CHILE, AND ITS POSITION IN A PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD SYSTEM: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1301-1316}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: REYES (1991).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.