Mine detail: Remolinos, Cabeza De Vaca Cu Mine

Previously called 'Remolinos Nueva'

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.60164, -70.04285

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Scheelite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR ROCKS, ELLIPTICAL TO CIRCULAR PIPES
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Cabeza De Vaca
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Cabeza De Vaca;
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	North-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, N-Trending Dikes Intrude Cret Volcanic & Sedimentary Rocks To East Of Pluton. Anticline & 2 Synclines To South
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration, Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W001980
DEP	10068740
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 44-45}{Deposit:: PARKER, R. L., AND OTHERS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECO DE COBRE, PAMPA LARGA Y PARTE NORTE DE CABEZA DE VACA, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 14, 46 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. 27-58 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: PARKER, R., Y OTROS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECOS DE COBRE, PAMPA LARGA, Y CABEZA DE VACA, PROVINCIA DE ATACAMA: BOL. 14.}{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:: PARKER, R.L., AND OTHERS, 1963, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROS CHECO DE COBRA, PAMPA LARGA Y PARTE NORTE DE CABEZA DE VACA, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 14, 46 P. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: BOWES, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIOACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22, PT. 2, P. 27-58 (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK UNITED NATIONS, P. 44-45.}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. & INSTITUTO INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CHILE}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP UNITED NATIONS}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE RAY PARKER}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PARKER, 1963, REF.; CUADRA AND DUNKERLEY (1991)}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B., Williams, William C., Page, Norman J.