 | 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...east through chalcopyrite-bornite to chalcopyrite-pyrite as sulfide abundance fades out. Sulfides in quartz-K |  | Leybourne, Matthew I., Cameron, Eion M. (2008) Source, transport, and fate of rhenium, selenium, molybdenum, arsenic, and copper in groundwater associated with porphyry–Cu deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile. Chemical Geology, 247 (1) 208-228 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated with porphyry–Cu deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile Matthew I. Leybourne a,⁎, Eion M. Cameron b b a...(Spence) in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which is buried beneath 30–180 m of Miocene piedmont...208–228 209 Fig. 1. Regional geology of northern Chile, showing major ore deposits in relation to the geologic...the northeast-southwest dashed line is the Antofagasta– Calama lineament (ACL), as discussed in the text...volcanic terrain and geothermal waters in northern Chile have elevated As concentrations, which contaminate |  | | 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...BAYAS 64 I •5-31 18-15 ANGELINA 3' ½'*• I ß CHILE ?5 ø ,,,,)ARGENTINA ) 43.31 23 SanMiguel de |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | between 17 and 27S across the forearc of northern Chile and southern Peru from 44 to 6 Ma, and on the Bolivian...directly dated (southern Peru and south of 26S in Chile) and suggest formation post 14 Ma. Sedimentological...is unlikely to be widely applicable in northern Chile. General models that involve climatic desiccation...Introduction The Central Andes, and in particular northern Chile, host some of the world’s largest porphyry copper...hyperaridity at 14 Ma in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru is not supported by sedimentological |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ServicioNacionalde Geologfay Minerfa,Casilla10465,Santiago,Chile Abstract Eightygalenasamples fromdifferentmineraldeposits...different ore depositsfrom 48 mining districtsin Chile are presentedhere (Fig. 1). The selected depositsrepresent...Jurassicto Pliocene 1973; Grant et al., 1979). Pb IN CHILE,AN GALENAS In more detailed studiesof metallogeniczonesin...strata-boundbodies (see Wellmer et al., 1983, for the El Toqui mine). PreviousWork on Pb Geochemistryin the Central...for •øTpb/2ø4Pb, and•øSPb/•ø4Pb ratios,reof the Chile ridge (46ø S). These Pb data have a •ø6Pb/•ø4Pb |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile TERRY ARCURI† Shell Exploration and Production Company...host-rock parameters, including host-rock mineralogy, pyrite, and copper sulfide abundance and distribution...Radomiro Tomic 22 Chuquicamata Calama 23 Antofagosta 24 Chile Salta Argentina 70 69 26 Tucuman...Location map of the Radomiro Tomic deposit in northern Chile. author: e-mail, terry.arcuri@shell.com 0361-...Atacama Desert of northern Chile approximately 150 km northeast of Antofagasta (Fig. 1). The deposit lies |  | Pizarro, H., Campos, E., Bouzari, F., Rousse, S., Bissig, T., Gregoire, M., Riquelme, R. (2020) Porphyry indicator zircons (PIZs): Application to exploration of porphyry copper deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 126. 103771pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103771 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Católica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue...lower Oligocene metallogenic 32 belt of northern Chile, were determined in order to validate the use of...Eocene to Oligocene metallogeny belt, 48 Northern Chile, Porphyry Copper Deposit, non-mineralized intrusive...body. 49 50 1. Introduction 51 In northern Chile and southern Peru, porphyry copper deposits (PCDs)... jarosite, 73 rutile, tourmaline, magnetite, pyrite and chalcopyrite) have been evaluated to trace |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | degrees of hydrolytic alteration, culminating in pyrite ± enargite ± covellite in the shallow parts of...central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...Toquepala & Cuajone Los Pelambres Los BroncesRío Blanco El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro...Cerro Colorado Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri Chuquicamata dist. Koloula Frieda...Frieda River dist.(Nena) Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo |  | | Report (issue) | | Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987 This report is preliminary...deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A Distribution...northwestern Argentina, western Boliva, northern Chile, and southern Peru, are potential targets for hydrothermal...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The...Are'q:u:|jjjj|:;:| Morococaia 'Tv5 Los ^ ^ Frailes 20 : CHILE Antofagasta 24° 24' Salta Tucuman 289 28' 0 200 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Escondida Porphyry Copper Deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile RUBEN A. PADILLA GARZA,† BHP Minerals...501, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The Escondida porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was...basement of the Precordillera de Domeyko province in northern Chile. We propose that the intrusive stock...quartz-sericite with sulfides including chalcopyrite, pyrite, and molybdenite. In the chlorite-sericite and...than 0.5 to 2 vol percent with a chalcopyrite to pyrite ratio of 3 to 1 and copper grades that range between |  | Perello, J., Carlotto, V., Zarate, A., Ramos, P., Posso, H., Neyra, C., Caballero, A., Fuster, N., Muhr, R. (2003) Porphyry-Style Alteration and Mineralization of the Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene Andahuaylas-Yauri Belt, Cuzco Region, Peru. Economic Geology, 98 (8) 1575-1605 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.8.1575 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peru JOSÉ PERELLÓ,† Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile VÍCTOR CARLOTTO...AND RICARDO MUHR Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile Abstract Originally...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization... This is due primarily to their relatively low pyrite contents, the restricted development of quartzsericitic...minerals developed by in situ oxidation of low-pyrite, chalcopyrite (-bornite) mineralization. Porphyry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KENNETH SEGERSTROM MATURELAND OF NORTHERN CHILE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ORE DEPOSITS Abstract: The old...extends over a long north-striking belt in northern Chile probably reached the mature stage of erosion by...between Tres Puntas and Cerro del Fraile, in Atacama province (Fig. 2). In that sector no fault scarps are recognized...recognized, but along the edges of the pampa in Antofagasta and Tarapaca provinces, land sculpture has been...of Tarapaca and Antofagasta provinces and the northern part of Atacama province, Chile, extends about |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Soils and Ground Waters at the Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile: Anatomy of a Fossil Geochemical Anomaly Derived...1L0 Abstract The Pampa del Tamarugal in northern Chile is a gravel plain, part of the hyperarid Atacama...which are abundant in ground waters from northern Chile. The anomaly lies west of one of the world’s most...which includes the Chuquicamata, Radomiro Tomic, and El Abra deposits. Follow-up drilling in the center of...flood plain of the Rio Loa. Prior to the present ~50-m-deep incision of the Rio Loa, the water table in |  | | 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...at 44 to 43 Ma. Porphyry copper ores in the El Salvador district formed at about the same time as porphyry...porphyry copper deposits in the remote El Salvador district of Chile began with Old Camp in 1951 and the...Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA. contain 3,836 Mt of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...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...of the Lower Leached zone at Cerro Colorado. The pyrite-rich hypogene assemblages of the giant deposits |  | | Book | | label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile José Perelló, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration...Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of...N. Moreto, André Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco |  | | Book | | org/details/geologyofchile0000unse The Geology of Chile • The Geologica l Society of London Books Editorial...T. & GIBBO, s, W . (eds) 2007 . The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society, London. CHARRIER, R., PINTO...the Andean Orogeo in Chile. Jn: MORENO, T. & GrnsoNs, W. (eds) The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society...Society, London, 21-114. The Geology of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume...\ii . Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno |  | | 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...minerals from surface alteration assemblages at El Salvador that can be applied to generate clear exploration...assemblages at the surface over the El Salvador porphyry copper orebody, Chile (Fig. 1). Our goal is to better...HEDENQUIST 70 W 68 W Quebrada Blanca (35) Rosario (33) El Abra (37) Radomiro Tomic (34-32) Chuquicamata (33 |  | 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) | | Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON,† 5320 Cross Creek Lane...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...intrusion. Surficial sericitic alteration with weak pyrite-(chalcopyrite-bornite)-specularite-gold mineralization...mineralization shows decreasing sericite, pyrite, Cu, and Au contents downward. This strong vertical zonation |  | Fernández-Mort, A., Riquelme, R., Alonso-Zarza, A. M., Campos, E., Bissig, T., Mpodozis, C., Carretier, S., Herrera, C., Tapia, M., Pizarro, H., Muñoz, S. (2018) A genetic model based on evapoconcentration for sediment-hosted exotic-Cu mineralization in arid environments: the case of the El Tesoro Central copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (6) 775-795 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0780-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | environments: the case of the El Tesoro Central copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile A. Fernández-Mort 1,2 &...study of the El Tesoro Central exotic-Cu deposit located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. This deposit...controlling factor in the exotic-Cu mineralization at El Tesoro Central. This conclusion complements the traditional...Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos, 0610 Antofagasta, Chile 2 Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica...V6C2X8, Canada 6 Antofagasta Minerals, Apoquindo 4001, piso 18, Santiago, Chile 7 GET, Université |  | | Report (chapter) | | Manto-type copper deposits are best known from Chile and southern Peru. They consist o f stratiform concentrations...pyroclastic beds at Cerro de Mercado, Mexico, and El Laco, Chile. The map netite magma separated from its ca/c-alkaline...chalcedony, accompanied by varying quantities of pyrite, calcite, dolomite, barite, adularia, rhodochrosite...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico...Chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite dominate at the lowest mine levels. Gulf of Fonseca area, E1Salvador-Nicaragua-Honduras |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the oxide zone of copper deposits in northern Chile: involvement of deep formation waters? Eion M. Cameron...deposits in northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits elsewhere, it is rare. In Chile, it has generally...Supergene enrichment of copper deposits in northern Chile extended over a long period, 44 to 9 Ma, being terminated...Keywords Atacamite . Copper deposits . Northern Chile Editorial handling: B. Lehmann E. M. Cameron (*)...Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: cpalacio@ing.uchile.cl |  | Barros, Kayo Santana, Vielmo, Vicente Schaeffer, Moreno, Belén Garrido, Riveros, Gabriel, Cifuentes, Gerardo, Bernardes, Andréa Moura (2022) Chemical Composition Data of the Main Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies. Minerals, 12 (2) 250 doi:10.3390/min12020250 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies Kayo...Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies. Minerals...Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo...La Dehesa 1201, Lo Barnechea, Santiago 917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros...This study is focused on production sites from Chile since it is responsible for almost one-third of |  | 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 |  | Reich, Martin, Palacios, Carlos, Parada, Miguel A., Fehn, Udo, Cameron, Eion M., Leybourne, Matthew I., Zúñiga, Alejandro (2008) Atacamite formation by deep saline waters in copper deposits from the Atacama Desert, Chile: evidence from fluid inclusions, groundwater geochemistry, TEM, and 36Cl data. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (6) 663-675 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0184-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | waters in copper deposits from the Atacama Desert, Chile: evidence from fluid inclusions, groundwater geochemistry...ore deposits in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile requires saline solutions for its formation and...Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile e-mail: mreich@cec.uchile.cl U. Fehn Department...Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile comparable to those measured in saline...Cu deposits from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile (Sillitoe and McKee 1996; Chávez 2000; Mote et al |
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