| Lat / long: | -22.07755, -70.18288 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Secondary: | Cobalt, Nickel, Antimony, Arsenic |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Uraninite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1920 |
| Host type: | Tonalite,Diorite |
| Associated type: | Tonalite,Diorite |
| Structure: | North-Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses. |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | Hypogene Mineralization Formed In Following Order: Actinolite Partially Becomes Chlorite, Quartz, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Uraninite, Molybdenite, Calcite. Mineralization To Depth Of 670 M Below Surface. |
| MRDS | W001555 |
| DEP | 10068485 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL., TABLE 1, P. 214, 215 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR., ANN. REV. 1969, JUNE, P. 258}{Deposit:: FLORES, HECTOR, AND HELVIA, JORGE, 1952, ANTECEDENTES GEOLOGICOS SOBRE LA MINA DESPRECIADA DE LA CIA. MINERA TOCOPILLA: MEM. 1ST CONV. INTER-AMER. RECURSOS MINERALES, MINERALES, MEXICO.}{Deposit:: 1952 COMPILE SANTIAGO DEPT. MINAS PETROL.}{Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE UNIV. CHILE}{Production:: 1) MIN. JOUR. ANN. REV. 1969, REF. 2) RUIZ, F., 1965, P. 216, REF.}{Reserve-Resource:: EST. G. GOUDARZI 3/73.} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B. |