Mine detail: Andacollo Placers

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Location

Lat / long: -30.2219, -71.08898

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Discovery year: 1525

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1568

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Coastal Cordillera

References

MRDSTC39959
DEP10064993
Reference{Deposit:: CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.}{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}{Production:: CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991), REYES (1991).}
ReporterPage, Norman J.