Mine detail: Rio Blanco Cu Mine

Previously called 'La AndinaRio BlancoCerro Blanco Ore BodyLa Americana'

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.13914, -70.2695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	TABULAR - ZONED
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1970

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite;Dacite Porphyry;Andesite;Tourmalinized Breccia
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	North-Trending Folds, Faults And Plutonic Masses
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration Consists Of Silicification And Sericitization Of The Feldspars, Chloritization Of Ferromagnesian Minerals. Tourmalinization Present In Whole Deposit.

References

MRDS	W001551
DEP	10068481
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL CHILE, P.186-189 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: BEALL, J.V., 1969, COPPER IN THE ANDES: MINING ENG., V. 21, NO. 11, P. 59-90.}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR., ANN. REV., 1969, JUNE, P. 258.}{Deposit:: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YRBK, 1969, V. 4, P. 191.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, NO. 6, P. 1544-1565.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1984, P. 42-43.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, V. 306, NO. 7865, P. 361.}{Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., 1978, INTERNATIONAL MOLYBDENUM ENCYCLOPAEDIA, 1778-1978, VOLUME 1: SANTIAGO, CHILE, INTERMET PUBLICATIONS, P. 25, P. 81-83.}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOL.)}{Deposit:: 1927 GEOLMAP CHILEAN GO * (?)}{Deposit:: BRUGGEN, JUAN, 1927, LA GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE LAS CONDES Y RIO BLANCO, BOL. SOC. NAC. MIN., V. 39, P. 283-291. ^253 KEITH, STANTON, 1958, RIO BLANCO: UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION.}{Deposit:: 1958 COMPILE INDEPENDENT WORK}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING JOUR. 1969, REF.; MINING JOURNAL V. 306; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80; SUTULOV, 1978.}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ, 1984; SUTULOV, 1978.}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B. (Theune, C. T.), Leonard, Kenneth R., Williams, William C.