Mine detail: Soldado

Previously called 'El SoldadoEl Cobre'

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.64414, -71.11453

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Albite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR CYLINDRICAL

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Las Chilcas Formation, Calcareous Breccia (Continental);Lo Prado Formation, Marine Sedimentary Rocks & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks;Limestone Undiff
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Diorite Batholith;Lo Valle Formation, Volcanic Tuff & Tuffaceous Breccia;Veta Negra Formation, Andesitic Porphyry Lava Flows
Associated type:	Diorite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	North-Trending Fold, Faults And Plutonic Masses, E-Dipping Monocline Intruded By Diorite Batholith
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	No Info Available

References

MRDS	W001539
DEP	10068473
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1 (SPANISH), P. 202, 203}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR., ANN. REV., 1969, JUNE, P. 258}{Deposit:: MINING MAG., 1969, V. 121, NO. 3, P. 257}{Deposit:: CARTER, W.D., 1961, YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE TIPO MANTO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. NO. 10, 30P (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.}{Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP WILLIAM CARTER}{Deposit:: CARTER, WILLIAM, AND ALISTE NELSON, 1965 (?), CUADRANGULO EL MELON, PROV. ACONCAGUA Y VALPARISO: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, REPT. IN PREPARATION, (SPANISH) . SEE CARTER, W.D., 1961 REF}{Production:: THE 1968 ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FROM MINING JOURNAL, 1969 AND THE 1970 FIGURE IS FROM MINING MAGAZINE, 1969. THE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FROM RUIZ, 1965.}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED G. GOUDARZI 3/73}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B.