Mine detail: Copiapo (Includes Japanesa, Los Plomos and Inca De Oro Deposits)

Previously called 'Cabeza De Vaca'

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.28078, -70.31623

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	BRECCIA PIPE
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:

BRECCIA PIPES

References

MRDS	ISM0558
DEP	60000740
Reference	{Deposit:: VELASCO, P., 1986, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CHILE, PREPRINT FROM THE 1984 BU REAU OF M INES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 12 P.}{Deposit:: SEGERSTROM, K., 1967, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ATACAMA PROVINCE, CHILE, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, VOL. 78, P. 305-318.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1994, AUREX ACQUIRES CHILEAN INTERESTS: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1994, P. 41.}