 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andean uplift and climate evolution in the southern Atacama Desert deduced from geomorphology and supergene...Thomas Bissig ⁎,1, Rodrigo Riquelme Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte...Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 5 February...Harrison Keywords: Atacama Desert Andes uplift climate evolution supergene alunite El Salvador Potrerillos geochronology...isotopes Chile a b s t r a c t Supergene alunite group minerals from the Late Eocene El Salvador porphyry |  | Mote, T. I., Brimhall, G. H., Tidy-Finch, E., Muller, G., Carrasco, P. (2001) Application of Mass-Balance Modeling of Sources, Pathways, and Sinks of Supergene Enrichment to Exploration and Discovery of the Quebrada Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 367-386 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.367 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quebrada Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile TIMOTHY I. MOTE, GEORGE H BRIMHALL,†...CARRASCO Codelco-Chile, Huerfanos 1270, Santiago Chile Abstract A computerized district-scale copper mass-balance...mass-balance analysis at the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit was completed, using all available assay...corridors leading to undiscovered exotic ores to extend mine life, and providing an estimate of the mass of copper...define volumes of the interrelated subsystems. A district geochemical model was created on the Vulcan three-dimensional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AucusT, 1975 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON AND JOHN P. HUNT Abstract...copper deposit at E1 Salvador culminated volcanic activity in the Indio Muerto district. Host rocks for the...porphyry series. However, rhyolitic volcanismin the district was clearly more felsic than younger granodioritic...rutile857 No. 5 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile Fig. 1. Aerial view of Cerro Indio Muerto... Volcanic peaks of the high Cordillera,the Salar de Pedernales,and low hills underlain by folded Mesozoicsedimentsand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...Chalcocite, usually accompanied by supergene kaolinite and smectite, is the main ore mineral of the Lower...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated...Evidence from Cerro Colorado and elsewhere in northern Chile (e.g., Spence and Angelina) confirms that Paleocene...emplaced along the Domeyko fault system (e.g., El Salvador) may similarly have been upgraded during the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Sustainable Mining Research & Consult EIRL), Casilla 28, San Pedro de la Paz 4130000, Chile; E-Mail: bernhard...June 2014 / Published: 8 July 2014 Abstract: The mining industry is a fundamental industry involved in...to increases in the waste/metal production ratio. Mine wastes deposited on-land in so-called tailings dams...environmental issues that need to be addressed (e.g., acid mine drainage formation due to sulphide oxidation, geotechnical...and social concerns due to land use during mining. The mining industry recognizes these concerns and is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, Akita, Japan Abstract...mineralization in two representative porphyry systems (El Salvador, Chile, and Grasberg, Indonesia) was examined to...and host rocks during potassic alteration at El Salvador and Grasberg includes (i) reduction of SO42−...exsolution from the intrusive magmas. Keywords: El Salvador, Grasberg, Japan, porphyry Cu deposit, potassic...International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Mining Musium of Akita University, Osawa, Tegata, Akita |  | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits..................porphyry copper deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...regional faults such as near deposits in northern Chile (Behn and others, 2001; Gow and Walshe, 2005), central...others, 2006). Argillic minerals alunite, and kaolinite have doublet absorption features at 2.17 and 2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EXPRESS LETTER HYPOGENE ALUNITE FROM THE EL SALVADOR DISTRICT, CHILE, INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR A BLIND PORPHYRY...late breccia bodies from the El Salvador porphyry copper district of Chile were recently dated. One alunite...44 to 43 Ma. Porphyry copper ores in the El Salvador district formed at about the same time as porphyry...associated with ~80% of the known copper ore of the district; they record waning stages of magmatism at 42...porphyry copper deposits in the remote El Salvador district of Chile began with Old Camp in 1951 and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zonation at the Surface over the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile YASUSHI WATANABE† Institute for...alteration minerals exposed at the surface of the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit. A total of 276 samples...(muscovite, pyrophyllite, dickite, and supergene kaolinite), and 20 samples of alunite, some supergene in...to that responsible for forming the supergene kaolinite. There is no systematic spatial zonation of the...minerals from surface alteration assemblages at El Salvador that can be applied to generate clear exploration |  | Kidder, J.A., Voinot, A., Leybourne, M.I., Layton-Matthews, D., Bowell, R.J. (2021) Using stable isotopes of Cu, Mo, S, and 87Sr/86Sr in hydrogeochemical mineral exploration as tracers of porphyry and exotic copper deposits. Applied Geochemistry, 128. 104935pp. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.104935 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry and exotic prospect (Atacama region, Chile) were analyzed for major and trace elements...elements Stable isotopes Non-traditional isotopes Chile Atacama 1. Introduction The Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry...100 km north-east of the El Salvador Cu–Mo porphyry and within the Atacama region’s hyper-arid desert...desert climate in northern Chile (Fig. 1). A notable characteristic is thick accumulations of post-mineralization...activities (2014–2019) in the wider Greater Victoria District (GVD) were undertaken by First Quantum Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tin-Polymetallic Mineralization in the Oruro Mining District, Central Bolivian Tin Belt Asahiko SUGAKI...tin-polymetallic ore deposits of the Oruro mining district in the central part of the Bolivian tin belt...that hypogene mineralization in the Oruro mining district took place during the early to middle Miocene:...in the northernmost tin belt. In the Oruro mining district, just south of the Arica Elbow Line, we carried...minerals from the Oruro mining district, the principal tin-producing district in Bolivia, and discuss |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ideal case, to assist in the planning of selective mining. Introduction T H E ECONOMIC GEOLOGY of polluting...processes operate. Environmental standards for the mining and smelting industries, however, are being improved...Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...X X Chile 45. Cerro Blanco 46. Chuquicamata SAI X SAI S X 48. El Salvador SA SA 49. El Teniente...(Samame Boggio, 1980), Tintaya (Samame Boggio, 1980) Chile: Andacollo (Llaumett P. et al., 1975), 2 Los Pelambres |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Central American Cordillera (Western El Salvador) H. G. DILL,† H.-R. BOSSE, Federal Institute... Germany Abstract The western provinces of El Salvador, which are covered almost exclusively by igneous...involving accumulations of zeolitefeldspar, smectite, kaolinite, and diatomite. Formation of nonmetallic deposits...stage, (3) quartz-kaolinite stage, (4) kaolinite-cristobalite stage, and (5) kaolinite stage. Stages (4)...1968). They are extensively mined, mainly for kaolinite, and in many parts of the world form the only |  | Escolme, Angela, Cooke, David R., Hunt, Julie, Berry, Ron F., Maas, Roland, Creaser, Robert A. (2020) The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex with Both Porphyry and Iron Oxide Cu-Au Affinities. Economic Geology, 115 (3). 543-580 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4718 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 543–580 The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex...Creaser4 1ARC Research Hub for Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC) and Centre for Ore Deposit and...breccia complex in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. The current resource, which includes the neighboring...matrixsupported tectonic-hydrothermal breccia with kaolinite-muscovite-pyrite alteration, stage 3 tourmali...seen throughout the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Introduction Iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits |  | Roebbert, Y., Rabe, K., Lazarov, M., Schuth, S., Schippers, A., Dold, B., Weyer, S. (2018) Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential extraction method. Chemical Geology, 493. 67-79 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.05.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manuscript Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...Weyer , Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...MANUSCRIPT Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: modification and application of a sequential...Engineering, F861 Luleå, Sweden PT Abstract Sulfidic mine tailings have a high potential for contamination...contamination of the environment by RI triggering acid mine drainage. Hence, it is crucial to understand metal |  | Lee, Robert G., Dilles, John H., Tosdal, Richard M., Wooden, Joseph L., Mazdab, Frank K. (2017) Magmatic Evolution of Granodiorite Intrusions at the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile, Based on Trace Element Composition and U/Pb Age of Zircons. Economic Geology, 112 (2) 245-273 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.2.245 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granodiorite Intrusions at the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile, Based on Trace Element Composition...magmatic-hydrothermal porphyry Cu (MoAu) ores in the El Salvador district, Chile. Zircons (n = 240) from 15 Eocene age...Gulch were the most strongly oxidized of the El Salvador magmas. The strongly oxidized trend porphyry...and Proffett, 1995) and the El Abra-Fortuna granodiorite complex, Chile (1–2 m.y., Dilles et al., 1997;...Chuquicamata, Chile (2–3 m.y., Reynolds et al., 1998; Ballard et al., 2001), the Potrerillos district, Chile (8 |  | Quang, C. X., Clark, A. H., Lee, J. K. W., Guillen B., J. (2003) 40Ar-39Ar AGES OF HYPOGENE AND SUPERGENE MINERALIZATION IN THE CERRO VERDE-SANTA ROSA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo CLUSTER, AREQUIPA, PERU. Economic Geology, 98 (8) 1683-1696 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.8.1683 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for at least 800 km in southern Peru and northern Chile (Fig. 1a). Centered at latitude 16°33' S, longitude...Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation (82.5%) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (9.2%). SXEW recovery attained...Pitcher et al., 1985). Age relationships in the district are, in part, defined through U-Pb zircon (62–67...( na) N 8170000 Arica 20°S Cerro Colorado CHILE 70°W Spence 66°W N 8169000 E 224000 SURF-112...southern Peru and northern Chile. B. Local geology of the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district, showing the locations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile Peter Reynolds ) , Casey Ravenhurst 1, Marcos Zentilli...deposits of the Andes, New Developments’. Concepcion Chile, October 17–18, 1994. Proceedings 2, 1647–1651.x...largest porphyry copper systems, Chuquicamata, Chile. Accurate and precise dating are required to separate...descriptions of a single deposit is that of El Salvador deposit in Chile ŽGustafson and Hunt, 1975., and a wide...relationships Že.g., Gustafson and Hunt Ž1975. at El Salvador; Clark et al. Ž1977. at Cerro Colorado; Warnaars |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization in the Atacama segment of the South American Andes, northern Chile (26°15'-27°25'S) Received:...magmatism and the rich ore deposits of northern Chile have been the focus of numerous studies. Significant...feature of the geology of this part of northern Chile is the existence of n o r t h - south to north-east-...alteration and cama segment - Andes - northern Chile mineralization (Baker and Guilbert, 1987; Colley...Introduction (Fig. 1): (1) along the Atacama Fault System; (2) along the Inca de Oro Belt; (3) along the West |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dredmetersof the 12 majorporphyrycopperdeposits in Chile was substantiated furtherby Alpersand Brimhall ...supergene alunitefromthe Eseondida porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig...elsewhere in northern E1 Salvador(Gustafsonand Hunt, 1975) in northern Chile Chile,duringthe late Oligocene...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences...ANGELINA 3' ½'*• I ß CHILE ?5 ø ,,,,)ARGENTINA ) 43.31 23 SanMiguel de Tucum•n (CERRO CAMPANA)I:::•C |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., Devine, Fionnuala A.M., Sanguinetti, Martin I., Friedman, Richard M. (2019) Geology of the Josemaría Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Argentina: Formation, Exhumation, and Burial in Two Million Years. Economic Geology, 114 (3) 407-426 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4645 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, near the present-day northern limit...central Andes, and midway between the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts. The deposit is centered...Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, ~8 km east of the border with Chile (lat 28°26'S, long 69°32'W)...high-sulfidation epithermal deposits of the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts and, along with nearby porphyry...Josemaría deposit was discovered in 2004 by Desarrollo de Prospectos Mineros S.A. (Deprominsa), the Argentinian |  | | Report (issue) | | alteration, characterized by the assemblage alunite+kaolinite+ quartz±pyrite, results from base-leaching by...assemblages which are pyriterich such as at El Salvador, Chile; Rodalquilar, Spain and Goldfield, Nevada...S18O values of associated halloysite/kaolinite fall near the kaolinite line of Savin and Epstein (1970)....steam-heated environments, such as those at the Tolfa district, Italy and Marysvale, Utah, and numerous modern...typically have 818Oso4 and SD to the left of the kaolinite line. Magmatic-hydrothermal acid-sulfate environments |  | 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...about the 2,800-m elevation in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, some 240 km northeast of Antofagasta |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SulfurIsotopes in thePorphyryCopperDeposit at E1Salvador,Chile C•:l•US W. FmL•) •N•) LEW•S B. GUST•FSON Abstract...representativeof mineralization in time and spaceat E1 Salvador. The hypogenesulfates(mean +10.75o; range +7...temperature,and chemical condidepositat E1 Salvador,Chile, by Gustarsonand tions at various stagesof...Many of the mineralsusedin this sulfur Muerto district. A variety of geologicarguments isotope, investigation...porphyry-type environments. Our interpretations of the E1 Salvador data have benefited enormouslyby the recent contributionsof |
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