Mine detail: La Africana Cu Mine

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Location: Region Metropolitana, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -33.45914, -70.82285
dep_id: 10068476
mrds_id: W001542
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: LENS
ore_ctrl: Fault Fissure 3 To 18 M Wide
Reporter: Davidson, Claire B. (Theune, C. T.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: North-Trending Folds, Faults And Plutonic Masses
tectonic: Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Year first produced: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, TABLE 1, (SPANISH)
  • Deposit:: MCMAHON, A. D., 1965, COPPER A MATERIALS SURVEY: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8225 P. 61
  • Deposit:: THOMAS, HERBERT, 1957, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA EN LA REGION COMPRENDIDA ENTRE EL VALLE DE LA LIGUA Y LA CUESTA DE BARRIGA: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, UNPUB. INF. (SPANISH).
  • Deposit:: 1957 COMPILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHIL
  • Production:: MINING MAG. SEPT. 1969, VOL. 121, NO. 3 P-241
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