| Lat / long: | -27.3447, -70.24259 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Silver, Gold |
| Ore: | Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, BRECCIATED |
| Other material: | Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Limestone, Chert, Shale, Sandstone; Pabellon Formation;Marl, Shale, Limestone; Totoralillo Formation;Limestone, Shale, Chert; Nantoco Formation;Limestone, Sandstone, Volcanic Breccia; Abundancia Formation |
| Host type: | Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Intrusive Porphyry, Contact Metamorphic Rocks;Porphyritic Andesite;Lava & Volcanic Rocks, Bandurrias Formation |
| Associated type: | Diorite,Hornfels,Andesite,Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | North Trending, Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements And Plutonic Masses, Abundancia Fm Is Thrust Over The Bandurrias Fm To Se. Fault Inclines 25-55 Deg. Nw. Fault Block Forms Outliers 90 M Thick. Brecciated Fault Zone Is 10 M. Structure On Nw. Flank Of Ne Plunging Anticline |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | No Info Available |
| MRDS | W001983 |
| DEP | 10068741 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGICA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1960, CUADRANGULO QUEQRADA PAIPOTE, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. V. 2, NO. 1, 35 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C., 1941, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICO DE YACIMIENTO TERESITA, SIERRA BANDURRIA, COPIAPO: INEDITO (DEMIPE).}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.}{Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, 1960, CUADRANGULO QUEPRADA PAIPOTE, PROV. ATACAMA: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. V. 2, NO. 1, 35 P. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1941 COMPILE DEPAPARTMENTO DE MINAS Y PETROLEO (DEMIPE)}{Deposit:: 1958 GEOLMAP KENNETH SEGERSTROM}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Williams, William C. |