| Munizaga, Francisco, Maksaev, Victor, Fanning, C.M., Giglio, S., Yaxley, G., Tassinari, C.C.G. (2008) Late Paleozoic–Early Triassic magmatism on the western margin of Gondwana: Collahuasi area, Northern Chile. Gondwana Research, 13 (3) 407-427 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.12.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | on the western margin of Gondwana: Collahuasi area, Northern Chile Francisco Munizaga a , Victor Maksaev...Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Research School of Earth Sciences...Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile d Research School of Earth...northern Chile mostly consists of late Paleozoic to Early Triassic felsic igneous rocks (Collahuasi Group)...supercontinent. This igneous suite crops out in the Collahuasi area and forms the backbone of most of the high | | Masterman, G. J., Cooke, D. R., Berry, R. F., Clark, A. H., Archibald, D. A., Mathur, R., Walshe, J. L., Duran, M. (2004) 40Ar/39Ar and Re-Os Geochronology of Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits and Related Copper-Silver Veins in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 99 (4) 673-690 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.4.673 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Related Copper-Silver Veins in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile GLENTON J. MASTERMAN,†,* DAVID R...JOHN L. WALSHE, CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, PO Box 1130, Bentley, Western Australia 6102,...Compañia Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile Abstract The Rosario and...porphyry copper mineralization at the nearby Quebrada Blanca deposit, constitute the third-largest concentration...associated with the Domeyko fault system in northern Chile. At Rosario, fault-hosted Cu-Ag–rich massive sulfide | | Baker, Michael J., Wilkinson, Jamie J., Wilkinson, Clara C., Cooke, David R., Ireland, Tim (2020) Epidote Trace Element Chemistry as an Exploration Tool in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 115 (4). 749-770 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4739 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Chemistry as an Exploration Tool in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile Michael J. Baker,1,2,† Jamie J. Wilkinson...Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia the Mining Value Chain (TMVC), an Australian Research Council...Australia 6005, Australia Abstract The Collahuasi district of northern Chile hosts several late Eocene-early...Cu-Mo deposits, including Rosario, Ujina, and Quebrada Blanca deposits, and associated high-sulfidation epithermal...rocks of the upper Paleozoic to Lower Triassic Collahuasi Group, which experienced lower greenschist facies | | Djouka-Fonkwe, M. L., Kyser, K., Clark, A. H., Urqueta, E., Oates, C. J., Ihlenfeld, C. (2012) Recognizing Propylitic Alteration Associated with Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits in Lower Greenschist Facies Metamorphic Terrain of the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile--Implications of Petrographic and Carbon Isotope Relationships. Economic Geology, 107 (7) 1457-1478 doi:10.2113/econgeo.107.7.1457 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Facies Metamorphic Terrain of the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile—Implications of Petrographic and...London SW1Y 5AN, United Kingdom Abstract The Collahuasi district is a porphyry Cu-Mo subprovince located on...plateau of northern Chile. Late Eocene-early Oligocene mineralization in the district involved hydrothermal...alteration of the upper Paleozoic to Lower Triassic Collahuasi Group granodiorites, diorites, andesites, dacites...metamorphic mineral assemblages. Our results from Collahuasi indicate that petrographic criteria can distinguish | | Masterman, G. J., Cooke, D. R., Berry, R. F., Walshe, J. L., Lee, A. W., Clark, A. H. (2005) Fluid Chemistry, Structural Setting, and Emplacement History of the Rosario Cu-Mo Porphyry and Cu-Ag-Au Epithermal Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 100 (5) 835-862 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.5.835 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Porphyry and Cu-Ag-Au Epithermal Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile GLENTON J. MASTERMAN,†,* DAVID R...JOHN L. WALSHE, CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, P.O. Box 1130, Bentley, Western Australia 6102...Cu-Mo-Ag deposit is located in the Collahuasi district of northern Chile. It comprises high-grade Cu-Ag-(Au)...the core of a porphyry Cu-Mo orebody. Rosario has mining reserves of 1,094 million metric tons (Mt) at 1...percent copper occurs in the district at the nearby Ujina and Quebrada Blanca porphyry deposits. The Rosario | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of Northern Chile Preface FRANCISCO CAMUS † Codelco-Chile, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago, Chile AND JOHN H...University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Introduction Chile is known worldwide as the site of one of the largest...production of more than 50 Mt of fine copper. Currently, Chile annually produces about 4.6 Mt of fine copper that...potential has triggered numerous international mining companies to concentrate their exploration efforts...efforts in the Central Andes with emphasis in Chile. During the past 25 years, exploration expenditures | | García, M., Maksaev, V., Townley, B., Dilles, J. (2017) Metallogeny, structural evolution, post-mineral cover distribution and exploration in concealed areas of the northern Chilean Andes. Ore Geology Reviews, 86. 652-672 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.01.025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (1) Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile. Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile. (2) Departamento...Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile. (3) College of Earth, Ocean and...at depths greater than 1,000 m (e.g., Superior district; Manske and Paul, 2002), as well as new drilling...concealed areas (Sillitoe and Thompson, 2006). Mining and exploration of deposits becomes increasingly...central Andes, are enough to sustain underground mining. The exploration of deep concealed targets is very | | Barra, Fernando, Alcota, Hugo, Rivera, Sergio, Valencia, Victor, Munizaga, Francisco, Maksaev, Victor (2013) Timing and formation of porphyry Cu–Mo mineralization in the Chuquicamata district, northern Chile: new constraints from the Toki cluster. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (5) 629-651 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0452-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Cu–Mo mineralization in the Chuquicamata district, northern Chile: new constraints from the Toki cluster...the Chuquicamata–Radomiro Tomic mines in northern Chile. These prospects occur in an area of 5×6 km and...porphyries that intruded andesites and dacites of the Collahuasi Group and intrusions of the Fortuna–Los Picos...Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile e-mail: fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl F....Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile H. Alcota : S. Rivera Exploraciones Mineras | | | Book (volume) | University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert....the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology | | | Book | ................. 61 , The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile. Patricio Cuadra and Francisco Cam us.............Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit,Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles Gonzales...world’s largest mining operations and are the cornerstone of many of the worlds great mining houses. As such | | Ossandon C., G., Freraut C., R., Gustafson, L. B., Lindsay, D. D., Zentilli, M. (2001) Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 249-270 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.249 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody. It was...800-m elevation in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, some 240 km northeast of Antofagasta (22º 17.5' | | Barra, Fernando, Reich, Martin, Selby, David, Rojas, Paula, Simon, Adam, Salazar, Eduardo, Palma, Gisella (2017) Unraveling the origin of the Andean IOCG clan: A Re-Os isotope approach. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. 62-78 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone: 56-2-29784532...IOCG clan in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, comprises the PT iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto...deposits constitute the second source of copper in Chile, after porphyry Cu-Mo systems, whereas SC IOAs...that the Cretaceous Manto-type Cu belt of central Chile extends further north than previously thought. Additionally | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | LETTER HYPOGENE ALUNITE FROM THE EL SALVADOR DISTRICT, CHILE, INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR A BLIND PORPHYRY COPPER...bodies from the El Salvador porphyry copper district of Chile were recently dated. One alunite sample over...ages of zircons from 15 Eocene-age diorite, granodiorite, and granite porphyry intrusions have weighted...43 Ma. Porphyry copper ores in the El Salvador district formed at about the same time as porphyry intrusions...ore deposit at Turquoise Gulch (~42 Ma). The granodiorite porphyry intrusions at Turquoise Gulch are associated | | Correa, Karen J., Rabbia, Osvaldo M., Hernández, Laura B., Selby, David, Astengo, Marcelo (2016) The Timing of Magmatism and Ore Formation in the El Abra Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile: Implications for Long-Lived Multiple-Event Magmatic-Hydrothermal Porphyry Systems. Economic Geology, 111 (1) 1-28 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.1.1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in the El Abra Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile: Implications for Long-Lived Multiple-Event Magmatic-Hydrothermal...Universidad de Concepción, Concepción CP 4030000, Chile 2 Instituto GEA, Casilla 160-C, Universidad de...de Concepción, Concepción CP 4030000, Chile 3 Department 4 Superintendencia of Earth Sciences, University...Contractual Minera El Abra, Calama CP 1390000, Chile Abstract Zircon LA-ICP-MS and CA-TIMS and molybdenite...geochronology for the El Abra porphyry copper deposit (Chile) document a ~8.6 Ma protracted magmatic-hydrothermal | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PORPHYRY COPPER DISTRICT, CHILE – A REPLY BRENT I.A. MCINNES,† CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 136, North...pilot project conducted at the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile, and view our original conclusion as a...viewed as contentious by some workers in the Chilean mining industry. Other workers have argued for minimal...evolution studies of this economically important mining region. Tomlinson et al’s (2001) interpretation...Oligocene-Early Miocene paleosurface over the Fortuna Granodiorite Complex, as surmised in figure 2 of Tomlinson | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | that the majority of large mineral deposits and mining districts are situated in the outcrops of these...radiometric ages of mineral deposits. Sixteen mining districts in Chile, and 24 in Argentina, were attributed...to the seismically active fracture zones. Major mining districts and individual large mineral deposits...zones roughly parallel to the axis of the Peru-Chile trench (Carachas-Portillo, Choquelimpie, Iquique...relatively restricted domains of the Earth's crust. The mining districts with dated mineral deposits are arranged | | Gustafson, L. B., Orquera, W., McWilliams, M., Castro, M., Olivares, O., Rojas, G., Maluenda, J., Mendez, M. (2001) Multiple Centers of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 325-350 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.325 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON,† 5320 Cross Creek...89511 WALTER ORQUERA, CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile MICHAEL MCWILLIAMS, Department...AND MARCELLO MENDEZ CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile Abstract The porphyries that...that formed copper deposits in the Indio Muerto district include both 44 Ma rhyolitic subvolcanic intrusions...intruding host andesite at the northeast end of the district. Very weak Cu but much stronger Mo mineralization | | Cornejo, Paula, Tosdal, Richard M., Mpodozis, Constantino, Tomlinson, Andrew J., Rivera, Orlando, Fanning, C. Mark (1997) El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic and Geochronologic Framework. International Geology Review, 39 (1) 22-54 doi:10.1080/00206819709465258 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic and...Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile b U.S. Geological Survey , 345 Middlefield Road...Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile d Australian National University , Canberra, Australia...Orlando Rivera & C. Mark Fanning (1997) El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic and...& Son, Inc. All rights reserved. El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | System: the El Abra Porphyry Cu Deposit, Northern Chile Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals...from the El Abra–Pajonal igneous complex, northern Chile, to investigate the magmatic evolution of the suite...mineralization that will form. El Abra, northern Chile (Fig. 1), is a classic example of a porphyry copper...an economic porphyry Cu-only deposit in northern Chile associated with the El Abra–Pajonal complex, a suite...for the El Abra deposit at the commencement of mining in 1995 was 798 million tons at 054 wt % Cu (Gerwe | | Campbell, I. H., Ballard, J. R., Palin, J. M., Allen, C., Faunes, A. (2006) U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Granitic Rocks from the Chuquicamata-El Abra Porphyry Copper Belt of Northern Chile: Excimer Laser Ablation ICP-MS Analysis. Economic Geology, 101 (7) 1327-1344 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.7.1327 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Chuquicamata-El Abra Porphyry Copper Belt of Northern Chile: Excimer Laser Ablation ICP-MS Analysis* IAN H....Superintendencia de Geologia Codelco-Chile, Division Chuquicamata, Chuquicamata, Chile Abstract This study reports...Chuquicamata-El Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile. Zircon U-Pb isotope ages of 22 intrusions from...Picos-Fortuna–Pajonal-El Abra igneous complex, Radomiro Tomic mine, and Opache prospect were determined by excimer...5.5 m.y. Only the youngest of these, the El Abra mine porphyry, is ore bearing. The five units that were | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Attributes at Chuquicamata Cu–Mo Porphyry Deposit, Chile Héctor VÉLIZ, Eduardo CAMPOS, Andrew MENZIES and...Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The distribution of mineral zones, hydrothermal...characteristically observed in the south wall of the mine. All of the above events combine to yield the final...Geológicas, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, 1270709, Chile. Email: hectorveliz@me.com © 2017 The Society of...(Ballard et al., 2001). The PCh intrudes the Elena granodiorite whose cooling age was determined by Ar/Ar dating | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | DISPLACEMENT AT THE CHUQUICAMATA PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, CHILE – A DISCUSSION ANDREW J. TOMLINSON,† Servicio Nacional...y Minería, Avenida Santa María 0104, Santiago, Chile JOHN H. DILLES, Oregon State University, Department...de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile McInnes et al. (1999) applied...(U-Th)/He dating of apatite, in the district of Chuquicamata, northern Chile, attempting to place constraints...and Blanco, N., 1997, The El Abra and Fortuna granodiorite complexes: A porphyry copper batholith sinistrally | | Simmons, A. T., Tosdal, R. M., Wooden, J. L., Mattos, R., Concha, O., McCracken, S., Beale, T. (2013) Punctuated Magmatism Associated with Porphyry Cu-Mo Formation in the Paleocene to Eocene of Southern Peru. Economic Geology, 108 (4) 625-639 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.4.625 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Colorado Rosario-Uyina-Quebrada Blanca Bolivia N Spence trench Chuquicamata eru-Chile Eocene-Oligocene...la Alumbrera Miocene porphyry Cu-Au belt 30° Chile Argentina Miocene porphyry Cu-Mo belt Santiago...belts of the central Andes of southernmost Peru and Chile. Modified from Sillitoe and Perelló (2005). has...equivalent to the Domeyko fault system in northern Chile, which localized most of the younger Eocene porphyry...Coastal batholith of Peru that extends from the Peru-Chile border to central Peru (Beckinsale et al., 1985; | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Vol. 86, 1991, pp. 1187-1205 Gold Metallogeny of Chile RICHARD an Introduction H. SILLITOE 27 WestHill...poorlymineralized. Paucityof golddepositsin the coastalzoneof Chile, concentration of highsulfidationand porphyry-typedepositsin...copper and silver enrichmentin northernand central Chile which took place during the Oligoceneand early Mioceneand...CHILEhasbeena modestgoldproducerfor the last central Chile (24o-37 ø S; Flores, 1942; Ruiz et al., fivecenturies...by-product of coppermining.The 18 principal tral Chile, commonlyat altitudescloseto or greater depositsincludedin | | Anderson, E. D., Hitzman, M. W., Monecke, T., Bedrosian, P. A., Shah, A. K., Kelley, K. D. (2013) Geological Analysis of Aeromagnetic Data from Southwestern Alaska: Implications for Exploration in the Area of the Pebble Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposit. Economic Geology, 108 (3) 421-436 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.3.421 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | intrusive complex. The RTP transformation of the district-scale aeromagnetic data acquired over Pebble permits...units and Late Cretaceous biotite pyroxenite and granodiorite rocks produce magnetic highs. Tertiary basalt...igneous rocks and in the Pebble district are centered over the granodiorite rocks genetically related to...the numerous porphyry copper deposits in northern Chile. These anomalies are interpreted to reflect a Late...data. The present study shows that regional- and district-scale aeromagnetic data are particularly useful |
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