Mine detail: Toqui

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Location

Lat / long: -29.99745, -70.99953

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Hedenbergite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Black Shale,Limestone,Andesite
Associated rock:Upper Coyhaique Formation
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:Precordillera Geotectonic Province, Magellan Geosyncline, Deposits Confined To Lenticular Local Basins Deposits Of Limestone And Black Shales At Three Different Levels In At Least Two Verticle Stacks And Occur Interfingering With Or Adjacent To Lenticular Limestone Beds.
Tectonic:North-South Striking Island Arc Separated To The East By Deep Water Black Shales And Then Shallow-Water And Subaerial Sandstones
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration In Andesitic Breccia Below Concordia Ore Ii Body; Skarns

References

MRDSW018847
DEP10073041
Reference{Deposit:: AM. METAL MARKET 7-15-76}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.}{Deposit:: WELLMER, F.W., REEVE, E.J., WENTZLAU, E., AND WESTENBERGER, H., 1983, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TOQUI DISTRICT, AYSEN, CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 78, NO. 6, P. 1119-1143.}{Deposit:: OLCAY, L., STEPHON, R., AND RUZ, I., 1989, THE TOQUI DISTRICT, A CARBONATE HOSTED MANTO DEPOSIT IN THE 11TH REGION OF CHILE [ABSTR.]: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, DEC. 3-8, 1989, NORTHWEST MINING ASSOCIATION 95TH ANNUAL CONVENTION, P. 27.}{Reserve-Resource:: WELLMER, REEVE, WENTZLAU, AND WESTENBERGER, 1983, P. 1138; OLCAY, STEPHON, AND RUZ, 1989, P. 27.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Bliss, James D.