Mine detail: La Cascada Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.14747, -70.23283

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Specularite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Hydrothermal Stockwork
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Cascada Granodiorite
Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Quartz-Sericite

References

MRDS	W700086
DEP	10084867
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Long, Keith R.