 | | 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 |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | | 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...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Geology, FCFM, Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile E-mail: mreich@ing.uchile.cl...of Excellence (CEGA), FCFM Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 4 Department of Earth and Planetary Science...potential (FIG. 2C) and eventually exposed by open-pit mining operations— some open pits may be 5–6 km wide and...cooperation among scientists and exploration and mining geologists offers a unique opportunity for retrieving...supergene oxides and hydroxides (hematite and goethite). These methods have provided the bulk of our |  | 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 |  | 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) | | 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...Cenozoic supergene metallogenic epoch in northern Chile, ca. 20 or even 30 m.y. in duration, which attained |  | | 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 |  | Quang, C. X., Clark, A. H., W. Lee, J. K., Hawkes, N. (2005) Response of Supergene Processes to Episodic Cenozoic Uplift, PedimentErosion, and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Peru. Economic Geology, 100 (1) 87-114 doi:10.2113/100.1.0087 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Perú CHAN X. QUANG, ALAN H. CLARK...Canada K7L 3N6 AND NICHOLAS HAWKES Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited, Manco Cápac 551 - Lima...through field mapping to the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district (ca. 16° 30' S). The 40Ar-39Ar incremental-heating...probably active in the Cuajone-Quellaveco-Toquepala district. Slow erosion and the accumulation of clastic...subsequently led to the incision of the 23.8 to 24 Ma Altos de Camilaca and the 18.8 to 19.1 Ma Pampa Lagunas pediplains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of near-surface ore mineral assemblages: “chapeau de fer”, “Eiserner Hut”, “canga”, “gossan”. Collective...and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...Primary mineralization cuprite goethite cuprite goethite goethite cuprite tenorite cuprite azurite...mineralization, on waste dumps or within impoundments of the mining site. Morphoclimatic zones: the climate referred...epithermal Al-(Cu) epithermal P phosphorite goethite cuprite cryptomelane manganite malachite azurite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Escondida Porphyry Copper Deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile RUBEN A. PADILLA GARZA,† BHP Minerals and Department...Minera Escondida Limitada, avenida de la minera 501, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The Escondida porphyry...porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was one of the two largest copper producers of the world...the basement of the Precordillera de Domeyko province in northern Chile. We propose that the intrusive stock...the Escondida porphyry copper deposit in northern Chile (Fig. 1), which currently is one of the two largest |  | 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 |  | 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) | | groundwater associated with porphyry–Cu deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile Matthew I. Leybourne a,⁎, Eion M. Cameron...deposit (Spence) in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which is buried beneath 30–180 m...even under the present hyperarid climate of the Atacama Desert. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...208–228 209 Fig. 1. Regional geology of northern Chile, showing major ore deposits in relation to the geologic...volcanic terrain and geothermal waters in northern Chile have elevated As concentrations, which contaminate |  | | 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...of fundamental economic importance as well. El Salvador offers favorable conditions to tackle this problem...1). The nonmetallic argillaceous deposits in El Salvador are of small size, but their mineralogy is diverse...geothermal fields in western El Salvador. 517 518 DILL ET AL. San Salvador Fm (felsic pyroclastic rocks |  | 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) | | 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...The distribution of supergene glassy limonite, goethite, hematite and jarosite assemblages reflects the |  | 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...seen throughout the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Introduction Iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits...In the Mesozoic Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, IOCG, magnetite-apatite, and porphyry-Cu deposits |  | 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...Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida...O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo.cifuentes@usach.cl Transducto S.A., Avenida...917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros.s@gmail.com Abstract: The mining industry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Pedro Cerbuna 12,...reflect vertical zoning: the lower level (La Estrella mine), contains tetrahedrite isotypic series minerals...sphalerite, whereas the upper level (Majadillas mine), shows an “epithermal association” composed by...gisement de Pardos, un système de veines de minéraux à Cu–Ag, est situé 185 km au sud-ouest de Zaragoza...(Castillienne) de la chaîne ibérique; il est développé dans un des massifs ou des enclaves éparses de roches |  | Riveros, K., Veloso, E., Campos, E., Menzies, A., Véliz, W. (2014) Magnetic properties related to hydrothermal alteration processes at the Escondida porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (6) 693-707 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0514-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Escondida porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile K. Riveros & E. Veloso & E. Campos & A. Menzies...In the Escondida porphyry Cu deposit of northern Chile, each hydrothermally altered lithology is characterized...Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Atacama, Copayapu 485, Copiapó, Chile e-mail:...Campos : A. Menzies Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas...Antofagasta, Chile W. Véliz Minera Escondida Ltd, Avenida de la Minería 501, Antofagasta, Chile magnetite |  | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Plutonic Complex of the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile José Zambra1,*, Shoji Kojima1, Sergio Espinoza1...and 2Minera Tocopilla, Barros Arana, Tocopilla, Chile Abstract The Angélica copper deposit is situated...the Coastal Cordillera of the Tocopilla district, Northern Chile, and those are classified fundamentally...intruding into the formation. In the Tocopilla district there is a peculiar copper deposit named Angélica...exploitation since 1960 by ENAMI (National Mining Company of Chile). Because of recent exploitation of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...with langite and posnjakite occurs in the Ecton mine, Montgomery County (Smith 1978); and brochantite...upper workings of the Stonehill or Woods copper mine, Randolph County, Alabama (Cook and Smith 1982) |
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