Mine detail: Lo Aguirre Mine

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Location: Region Metropolitana, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -33.44608, -70.93924
dep_id: 10084866
mrds_id: W700084
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound Exhalative
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface
model: 87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R., Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Purehue Member Veta Negra Formation
hrock_type: Dacite
prod_yrs: 1980-
discr: Native Americans
References:
  • Deposit:: RUIZ, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS, PARTE II, TABLE 1, NO. 183 AND QUADRO NO. 1.
  • Deposit:: E/MJ, JAN. 1985, P. 44-48.
  • Deposit:: RUIZ, C., AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, GEOLOGIA, DISTRIBUCION Y GENESIS DE LOS YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS CHILENOS: SANTIAGO, FONDO NAC. DESAROLLO CIENT. Y TEC., P. 104-106.
  • Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ, JAN. 1985, P. 44.
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