Mine detail: El Solado Cu Mine

Previously called 'El Soldado'

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Location

Lat / long: -32.64414, -71.1112

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite
Gangue: Magnetite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Trachyte,Andesite
Associated rock:Lo Prado Formation
Associated type:Trachyte,Andesite
Structure:North-Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses, Bedding At 0 - 30e. Three Fault Systems Trending N And Ne
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera And Batholith

References

MRDSW001537
DEP10105516
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. TABLE 1 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR. ANN REV, 1970, JUNE, P. 299}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: RUGE, H., 1985, GEOLOGIA Y MINERALIZACION DE YACIMIENTO DE COBRE EL SOLDADO, V REGION, CHILE: IV CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO.}{Deposit:: KLOHN, E., HOLMGREN, C., AND RUGE, H., 1986, EL SOLDADO, A PECULIAR COPPER DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH ANOMALOUS ALKALINE VOLCANISM IN THE CENTRAL CHILEAN COASTAL RANGE: SYMPOSIUM ON SOUTH AMERICAN MINERAL DEPOSITS, AIME, NEW ORLEANS, 8 P.}{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOLS).}{Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP WILLIAM CARTER}{Deposit:: CARTER, WILLIAM, AND ALISTE NELSON, 1965 (?), CUADRANGULO NIHUE, PROV. ACONCAGUA: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, REPT. IN PREPARATION, (SPANISH)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING JOUR. 1970 REF.; RUIZ Y PEEBLES, 1988.}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B., Williams, William C.