Mine detail: Panulcillo Cu Mine

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Location

Lat / long: -30.45246, -71.20787

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Actinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Scapolite, Serpentine, Tourmaline
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sedimentary Rocks, Meta Limestone, Sst
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Diorite Batholith Unit (Andean Unit);Porphyry Formation, Breccia, Porphyritic Tuffs;Porphyry Formation, Manto Of Porphyritic Lavas;Hydrothermally Altered Porphyry Unit
Associated type:Diorite,Tuff
Structure:North-Trending Broad Open, Folds Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Anticlinal Structure, Strikes Nw, East Limb Dips 50 Deg. E., West Limb Dips 60 Deg. W. See Info In Ore Control
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal And Contact Alteration

References

MRDSW001979
DEP10068738
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGICA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ, P., EDUARDO, 1954, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE PANULCILLO Y REGIONES VECINAS: CHILE UNIV. INST. GEOLOGIA PUB. NO. 4, P. 46-92 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ, E., 1954, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICO DEL DISTRITO MINERO PANULCILLO Y REGIONES VECINAS: UNIVERSISAD DE CHILE, PUBLIC #4.}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: GONZALES, P., EDUARDO, 1954, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO - ECONOMICO DEL EISTRITO MINERO DE PANUCILLO Y REGIONES VECINAS: CHILE UNIV. INST. GEOLOGIA PUB. NO. 4, 46-92 (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1954 COMPILE UNIV. OF CHIL}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B., Williams, William C.