Mine detail: Arqueros Cu Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.83246, -70.92621

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Polybasite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartzite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1825

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Andesite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	North-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, N-Trending Anticline And Adjacent Anticlines To E And W. Two Sets Of Faults: Older Strikes Nw, Dips Ne; Younger Strikes N 30 Deg E
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Info Not Available

References

MRDS	W001968
DEP	10068728
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: ROWES, W.A. AND OTHERS 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22, PT. 2, P. 59-72 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967,MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE PROVINCE OF COQUIMBO, CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 59-61}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: NORDENSKJOLD, O., 1926, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES EN EL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA: BOL. SONAMI, 39, P. 1039.}{Deposit:: KAMONO, H., Y BORIC, R., 1982, INVENTARIO POLIMETALICO Y ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DISTRITO MINERO TALCUNA:}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: CUADRA, W.A., AND DUNKERLEY, P.M., 1991, A HISTORY OF GOLD IN CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1155-1173.}{Deposit:: ROWES W.A., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN THE ELQUI-VICUNA AREA, PROV. COQUIMBO, CHILE: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RAW MATERIALS EXPLORATION REPORT 4527.}{Deposit:: 1958 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CHILE}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATIONS}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991)}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B., Williams, William C., Page, Norman J.