Mine detail: Sagasca Cu Mine

Previously called 'La Cascada'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.19092, -69.3512

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Atacamite, Chrysocolla, Tenorite
Gangue: Gypsum, Tourmaline
Orebody form: SUBHORIZONTAL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Altos De Pica Formation, Cgl, Sst, Volcanic;Cgl, Sst, Shl, Mudstone Marine, Continental Sequence
Host type:Conglomerate,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:Andean Diorite Complex (Granite To Diorite);Sequence Of Andesitic Porphyries & Cgl; May Include Chert Unit Of Unknown Age
Associated type:Diorite,Mafic Volcanic Rock
Structure:North-Trending Fold, Faults And Plutonic Masses, Intrusion Of Two Medium-Sized Stocks Of Andean Diorite Complex. Cretaceous And Tertiary Dip 12 Deg. W. Pre-Mesozoic Rocks Are Complexly Faulted Steeply Dipping.
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:No Significant Alteration At Contact Of Intrusive Stocks

References

MRDSW001552
DEP10068482
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR. ANN. REV. 1969, JUNE P. 258}{Deposit:: MINING. MAG., 1969, V. 121, NO. 3, P. 257.}{Deposit:: KNOWLES, PAUL H., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE MAMINA AREA, PROVINCE OF TARAPACA, CHILE: U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. RME 4524, P. 12}{Deposit:: FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: PACCI, D. Y CACERES, R., 1980 INVENTARIO DE YACIMIENTOS METALICOS Y NO-METALICOS, PRIMERA REGION, TARAPACA: IIG, SANTIAGO.}{Deposit:: GRAFF, E.H., 1955, PRIVATE UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE SAGASCA COPPER DEPOSIT.}{Deposit:: KNOWLES, PAUL, AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE MAMINA AREA, PROV. OF TARAPACA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION REPORT 4524, P. 12.}{Deposit:: 1955 COMPILE INDEPENDENT WORK}{Deposit:: 1958 RECON U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING MAG., 1969, REF.}{Reserve-Resource:: EST. G. GOUDARZI 3/73 BASED ON TOTAL $32.5 MIL. INVEST.}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B., Williams, William C.