Mine detail: Lo Aguirre Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.44608, -70.93924

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound Exhalative
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1980-

Geology

Host rock:	Purehue Member Veta Negra Formation
Host type:	Dacite

References

MRDS	W700084
DEP	10084866
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Long, Keith R.