Mine detail: El Indio

Previously called 'Tambo PitWendy Norte Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: -29.76579, -69.97951

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Arsenic, Antimony
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Alunite, Barite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1974

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1980

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Diorite,Dacite
Structure:2 Major Nw-Dipping Faults
Alteration processes:Argillic, Advanced Argillic, Sericitic, Silicic, Propylitic, Phyllic (Propylitic Is Located Outside Of Bounding Faults)

References

MRDSW700018
DEP10084810
Reference{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 14-15.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: SIDDELEY, G., AND ARANEDA, R., 1986, THE EL INDIO-TAMBO GOLD DEPOSITS, CHILE, IN MCDONALD, A.J., ED., GOLD 86, AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS, P. 445-456.}{Deposit:: SIDDELEY, G., AND ARANEDA, R., 1987, THE EL INDIO-TAMBO GOLD DEPOSITS, CHILE, IN WORKSHOP FIELD GUIDE, IUGS/UNESCO DEPOSIT MODELING PROGRAM WORKSHOP, HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN VOLCANIC CENTERS.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: LLAUMET, C., Y HENRIQUEZ, F., 1976, FAJA DE MINERALIZACION DE ORE, PLATA, COBRE, Y ARSENICO EN LA CORDILLERA ANDINA DE LA III Y IV REGIONES DE CHILE: I CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO.}{Deposit:: ARANEDA, R., 1982, EL INDIO YACIMIENTO DE ORE, PLATA, Y COBRE, COQUIMBO, CHILE: REV. MINERALES 160.}{Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., WORLD GOLD: MINES-DEPOSITS-DISCOVERIES, VOL. 1: NORTH, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH AMERICA: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES.}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION: SANTIAGO (28 VOLS).}{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:: LITTLE, M. L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 16, JANUARY*4, P. 17.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: CUNNINGHAM (1988); LITTLE (1994).}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Cunningham, Skip, Williams, William C., Page, Norman J.