| Lat / long: | -27.49247, -70.2562 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite |
| Orebody form: | BRECCIA PIPE IS TRUNCATED BY OVERLYING MANTO |
| Other material: | Pyrite |
| Discovery year: | 1550 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Limestone, Nantoco Formation, Chanacillo Group;Limestone, Sandstone, Abundancia Formation, Chanacillo Group;Marine Lava, Punta Del Cobre Formation, Chanacillo Group;Volcanic & Continental Clastic Rocks, Bandurrias Formation |
| Host type: | Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Granodiorite & Diorite;Diorite & Gabbro, Intrusive Porphyry;Contact Metamorphic Rock;Gneiss, Granite |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | North-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements & Plutonic Masses, Rocks Deformed By Open Folding & Normal & Reverse Faulting. High-Angle Faults Form A Dominant Younger System Of N. To Nw-Striking Fractures And A Lesser Older System Of Ne-Striking Fractures. Principal Valleys Are Fault Controlled |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | Vein Deposits Are Hydrothermal, Manto Deposits Are Replacements Of Contact-Metamorphic Rocks, Breccia Pipes Are Hydrothermal And Replacement Bodies |
| MRDS | W001977 |
| DEP | 10068736 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1962, CUADRANGULO COPIAPO, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. V. 3, NO. 1, 113 P. (SPANISH)}{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:: ORTIZ, F., 1971, IIG (INEDITO).}{Deposit:: ORTIZ, FRANCISCO, 1962, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE PUNTA DEL COBRE (COPIAPO) PROV. DE ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. UNPUB. INF. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1962, CUADRANGULO COPIAPO, PROV. AT ACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. V. 3, NO. 1, 113 P. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP KENNETH SEGERSTROM}{Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE EMPRESA NACIONAL DE MINERA (ENAMI)}{Deposit:: 1961 COMPILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILE}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Williams, William C. |