Mine detail: Disputada

Previously called 'Los Bronces'

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Location: Region Metropolitana, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -33.14914, -70.29617
dep_id: 10068471
mrds_id: W001536
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
gangue: Barite, Hematite, Pyrite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: None
conc_proc: No Secondary Enrichment
ore_ctrl: 2 Belts In Fractured Granite. West Belt Trends 11km N-S, Is 20-500m Wide. East Belt Trends N 25 Deg W, Is 200-800m Wide
Reporter: Davidson, Claire B.
hrock_type: Diorite,Granite
arock_unit: Granodiorite;;;Tourmalinized Breccia, Age Not Shown
arock_type: Diorite,Granite
Structure: North Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses
tectonic: Andean Cordillera And Batholith
References:
  • 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
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