Mine detail: La Cascada Deposit

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Location: Region Metropolitana, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -33.14747, -70.23283
dep_id: 10084867
mrds_id: W700086
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue: Specularite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: PIPE
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Quartz-Sericite
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R., Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Cascada Granodiorite
hrock_type: Hornblendite
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MOLYBDENUM ENCYLOPAEDIA, 1778-1978, VOLUME 1, P. 82-83.
  • Deposit:: CEPEDA, A., 1981, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DEL DISTRITO RIO BLANCO - DISPUTADA: INST. INVEST. GEOL. CHILE BOL. 36, 43 P.
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