| Lat / long: | -22.44421, -69.00952 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite |
| Gangue: | Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sericite |
| Discovery year: | 1961 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host type: | Monzonite,Andesite |
| Associated type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite,Granite |
| Structure: | Complexly Folded And Faulted Central Ranges, Cerro De Quetana, West Fissure At Chuquicamata Reportedly Passes A Short Distance East Of Quetana And Is Considered To Be The Major Structure For Cu Mineralization |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | Local Si-Rich Intrusions Caused Wide-Spread Alteration And Completely Silicified The Adjacent Limestone |
| MRDS | W001553 |
| DEP | 10068483 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RUIZ, F., 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR. ANN. REV. 1969, JUNE P. 258}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1959, V. 21, NO. 2, P. 73.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, S. W., 1962, HAS ANOTHER PORPHYRY COPPER BEEN DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN CHILE (?): WORLD MINING, V. 15, NO. 5, P. 35-43.}{Deposit:: RACZYNSKI, ANDRES, 1962, MINA QUETANA, INST. INV. GEOL., UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1962 COMPILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHIL}{Production:: MINING WORLD, 1959, REF.}{Reserve-Resource:: INVESTMENT REPORTED IN MINING JOUR. ANNUAL REVIEW JUNE 1969 - P. 258} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B. |