Mine detail: El Espino Mine

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Location

Lat / long: -32.19413, -70.92453

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cerro Morado Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Associated rock:San Lorenzo Superunit
Associated type:Dacite
Structure:Morro Hediondo Caldera
Tectonic:Western Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSTC04072
DEP10104570
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: ENAMI, 1935, #5029.}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: CAMUS, F., BORIC, R., SKEWES, M.A., CASTELLI, J.C., REICHHARD, E., AND MESTRE, A., 1991, GEOLOGIC, STRUCTURAL, AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF EL BRONCE EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, PETORCA, CENTRAL CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 86, NO. 6, P. 1317-1345.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.