Mine detail: Carrizalillo De Las Bombas Cu Mine

Previously called 'Carrizalillo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.02416, -70.31676

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Uraninite
Discovery year:	0

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Granite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Unit;Intrusive Andesite Plutons;Quartzose Granite Unit;Metamorphic Rocks (Pal Undiff.)
Associated type:	Andesite,Granite
Structure:	North-Trending Broad, Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Folds, System Of Ne & Nnw - Striking Dikes In Pal Rocks & N-Striking Dikes In Post-Pal Rocks, See Faults Mentioned In Ore Control
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	W001970
DEP	10068729
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ, F. CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: BOWES, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22, PT. 2, P. 7-26 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 39}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: NARANJO, J.A., 1978, GEOLOGIA DE LA ZONA INTERIOR DE LA CORDILLERA DE LA COSTA ENTRE LOS 26 Y 26.33: CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE #34, IIG, SANTIAGO.}{Deposit:: KAISER, LUIS, 1948, INFORME SOBRE LA MINA DESCUBRIDORA DE CARRIZALILLO DE LAS BOMBAS: CACREMI, UNPUB. INF. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1948 COMPILE CAJA DE CREDITO MINERO (CACREMI)}{Deposit:: 1960 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. & INSTITUTO INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGIA CHILE}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP UNITED NATIONS}
Reporter	Williams, William C., Davidson, Claire B.