Mine detail: Michilla

Previously called 'Carolina Minera De Michilla'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.72921, -70.23955

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:North-Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera And Batholith

References

MRDSW001547
DEP10068479
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, TABLE 1 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1969, V. 121, NO. 3, P. 257}{Deposit:: CARTER, WILLIAM, 1959, RECONNAISSANCE STUDIES OF THE MICHILLA COPPER DISTRICT, ANTOFAGASTA PROV., CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION.}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON WILLIAM CARTE}{Production:: MINING MAG., 1969, REF.}{Reserve-Resource:: EST. BY G. GOUDARZI 3/73}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B.