Mine detail: Disputada

Previously called 'Los Bronces'

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.14914, -70.29617

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Pyrite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Granite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite;;;Tourmalinized Breccia, Age Not Shown
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	North Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	W001536
DEP	10068471
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, P. 189-189 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1969, V. 121, NO. 3, P. 257}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR. ANN. REV. 1970, JUNE, P. 299; 1969, P. 258}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 8/4/77, P. 18, V. 65, NO. 150}{Deposit:: 1927 GEOLMAP CHILEAN GOVT (?)}{Deposit:: BRUGGEN, JUAN, 1927, LA GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE LAS CONDES Y RIO BLANCO: ROL. SOC. NAC. MIN., V. 39, P. 283-291}{Production:: THE 1968-69 ESTIMATES ARE FROM THE MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW, 1969, 1970. THE 1970 ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURE IS FROM MINING MAGAZINE, 1969.}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY GUS GOUDARZI 3/73}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B.