| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | METALLOGENETIC CARLOS RUIZ PROVINCES F. AND GEORGE OF CHILE, S. A. • E. ERICKSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract........... ABSTRACT The metalliferousdepositsof Chile tend to be restrictedto well defined metallogeneticprovinces...synthesis of the knowledgeof the ore depositsof Chile basedon studiesnow beingcarriedout and on publishedand...ore deposits. Most of the known ore depositsof Chile are in the northern half of the country; relativelyfew...1960) indicatethe magnitudeof presentday mining in Chile: Copper Molybdenum Lead Zinc Gold Silver Mercury | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of mineral deposits. Sixteen mining districts in Chile, and 24 in Argentina, were attributed to the seismically...zones roughly parallel to the axis of the Peru-Chile trench (Carachas-Portillo, Choquelimpie, Iquique...Ulriksen (1990) for the northern and central part of Chile and from Mapa Minero (1966) for the northwestern...information was obtained from Mapa GeoloÂgico de Chile (1982) and Mapa GeoloÂgico de la RepuÂblica Argentina...sections) perpendicular to the axis of the Peru±Chile trench, which enabled us to distinguish between | | Oyarzun, Roberto, Oyarzún, Jorge, Ménard, Jean Jacques, Lillo, Javier (2003) The Cretaceous iron belt of northern Chile: role of oceanic plates, a superplume event, and a major shear zone. Mineralium Deposita, 38 (5) 640-646 doi:10.1007/s00126-003-0359-y | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Javier Lillo The Cretaceous iron belt of northern Chile: role of oceanic plates, a superplume event, and...tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic history of Chile. The geological evidence indicates that a major...This completely changed the tectonic setting of Chile ending the Early Cretaceous extensional period (aborted...best possible structural path in northern Chile, i.e., the Atacama Fault Zone, eventually forming a +500-km-long...geological history. Keywords Iron belt Æ Cretaceous Æ Chile Æ Shear zone Æ Superplume Editorial handling: Robert | | 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, Reno...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...alteration with weak pyrite-(chalcopyrite-bornite)-specularite-gold mineralization shows decreasing sericite...then comprised the ore reserve for the El Salvador mine. Only minor mention was made of the separate small | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | batholith in Nevada, and associated with the Yerington mine and the AnnMason deposit, provide a basis of comparison...Laramide, mid-Mesozoic) Limit of Basin and Range Province copper deposits post-Laramide cover Laramide...America, showing the limit of the Basin and Range province, the schematic representation of domains that...00 940 ROOT ZONES OF PORPHYRY SYSTEMS Potrerillos, Chile (Olson, 1989), were dismembered in contractional... 1984; Dilles et al., 2000). Both the Yerington mine and Ann-Mason deposits are exposed continuously | | 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) | 1995a; Hedenquist et al., 1998) and Cobre Potrerillos, Chile (Marsh et al., 1998). In these and other...sphalerite-quartz in Saje deposit to quartz-specularite-adularia and Au in the Chala deposit. The Saje...about 500 k.y. (Fig. 4). Like the welldated Potrerillos and Lepanto-Far Southeast systems (Marsh et al...Cu-Au and Au-Ag mineralization in the Potrerillos district, Chile: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, v. 92, p. 784–806 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Porphyry Gold-Copper Deposit, Maricunga Belt, Northern Chile* RICHARD H. SILLITOE,1,† JUSTIN TOLMAN,2,** AND...the Maricunga gold-silver-copper belt of northern Chile, was discovered in 2007 beneath postmineral cover...28°S in the high volcanic Andes of the Atacama Region, northern Chile (Fig. 1). The belt, some 200 km long...-70° SILLITOE ET AL. Potrerillos Bolivia -26°30’ ESPERANZA Argentina Chile Antofagasta LA COIPA...gold and silver conducted by Minera Anglo American Chile Ltda. and joint-venture partners. However, it was | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...River dist.(Nena) Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera...to global-scale anomalies for Cu (e.g., northern Chile-southern Peru, southwestern North America) or Au...Escondida C HI B AR C A 26° El Salvador Potrerillos COPIAPÓ ARGENTINA LA SERENA 30° Lineament...belt and an intra-arc fault zone: the northern Chile part of the central Andean middle Eocene to early | | | Report (issue) | Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits.........................deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in...regional faults such as near deposits in northern Chile (Behn and others, 2001; Gow and Walshe, 2005), central...much as about 100°C for samples from El Teniente, Chile. When binned in 10°C intervals, the median reported...several intrusive stages related to the El Salvador, Chile, porphyry copper deposit, described fluids associated | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ileLtda., AvenidaPedrode Valdivia295, Santiago,Chile AND RICHARD H. SILLITOE 27 WestHill Park,HighgateVillage...and 28 ø S in the Andean Cordillera of northern Chile. After 10 yearsof exploration,three preciousmetal...38-2353.00 1238 Au PORPHYRY,MARICUNGA BELT, CHILE 1239 and west of Marte which compriseadvancedargillic...central and northern Chile. The the Atacama desert. Maricungabelt in northern Chile is one of the most...north-southelon- viouslyin the Andean Cordillera of Chile. gate area, roughly200 X 50 km in extent,between | | | Catalog/List | ATACA~TE . 7 !TIll ~na la Farol a , Copi apo , Chile . Lustrous deep green rosettes of crystals to in...1t-x 1 " , £1, . 75p ~9 . CHALC EDONY . North Pool Mine , I l logan , Cornwoll . Tra ns lucent c r eu my...£14. 00 37. CYANOTRICHITE . Fa. na Vi eja , Potrerillos , Ch il e . Sky- blue velv ety crl,lsts of acicular... Specirren 0 : 2~x1ix1*" , %:2 . 50p . 8 4. SPECULARITE . Florenc e !I'd. ne , Egremont , Currb erl ond | | | Catalog/List | glistening black xtls.60x40.El7 30 CASSITERITE,Old Bea ■ mine,Bugle,St Austell,Cornvall.Large crystals es-> on...iniature.30x25.E2 Bridge, 37 CERUSSITE,Pentlreglaze mine,St Hlnver,Cornvall.Bx display speciaen of stravlike...coverage xtls.85x60.El8 79 LEADHILLITE,Susanna mine,Leadhllls,Lanarkshire,Scotland.Platy -less xtls...invested vugs in granlte ■ atrix.80x60.E25 129 SPECULARITE,Parknoveth Tvo large and rlchly 130 SPHALERITE...Sveden. El4 tour ■allne.60x40. de Oro lne,Copiapo,Chile. Cryistalllne vlth quartz crystals.60x40.E4 164 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Chuquicamata Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile a a Darryl D. Lindsay , Marcos Zentilli & JOSE...Superintendencia de Geologia Codelco-Chile, Division Chuquicamata , Chuquicamata, Chile Published online: 06 Jul...Chuquicamata Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile, International Geology Review, 37:11, 945-958, DOI:...Chuquicamata Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile DARRYL D. LINDSAY, MARCOS ZENTILLI, Department of...Superintendencia de Geologia Codelco-Chile, Division Chuquicamata, Chuquicamata, Chile Downloaded by [UQ Library] | | | Report (chapter) | temperatures in the range of 180–250 °C for large (5mm) specularite grains and >90– 160 °C for botryoidal hematite...dating on samples from porphyry deposits in Iran, Chile and Indonesia in order to investigate their genesis...world’s largest Cu-Mo porphyry deposit, Chuquicamata, Chile. We present new thermochronology data (Table 3,...intrusive. Selected porphyry deposits Chuquicamata, Chile. The thermal history of the world’s largest porphyry...71% Cu and 0.01% Mo) at Chuquicamata, northern Chile has been studied extensively and from various perspectives | | | Catalog/List | 5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee brown...Bindheimite. 2.5x2x1.25", £5.75 18. ANTIMONITE. Hunan Province, China. A terminated, matrix-free, elongated silvery-grey...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic | | | 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...Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329 | | | Book (volume) | 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...localised in the U.S. “South-west”, and in northern Chile and southern Peru,and were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour...Cook and Porter;all in this publication) and in Chile, Argentina and Peru in South America (see Camus;...Chuquicamata, El Abra, La Escondida and El Teniente in Chile, Cerro Colorado in Panama, Grasberg in Indonesia | | | Book | Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . ....Formation and Massive Sulfide Orebodies, South-Central Chile: Geologic and Isotopic Aspects S. Callao, G. Alfaro | | | Report (volume) | _________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...______ __ ____ ______ _ 48 48 49 50 51 51 51 La Paz mine ______ ---------------------------Cabanas distr...district___________________________________ La Joya mine ____ ----------------------------La Corona depos...~ateoprospect-----------------------------------~ataquescuintla mine _____________ ---- __ -----__________ Los Sandillales | | | 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 (edition) | • t --•- """"" ' The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...measurements have been retained in specific cases such as mine levels when measured in feet, values of gold and...developing an annual ton of new copper capacity from mine through the refinery without intrastructure costs...fold in three years. As an example, the " Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act,' ' which was initially...resources in the future.'' In 1977, a surface coal mine regulation that greatly restricts the areas of strip | | | Book (edition) | maintain ore reserves, and in the proper location of mine workings to avoid caving ground. In the future he...descriptions. He also tells us that Hannibal had a silver mine, named the Baebulo, in southern Spain, in a mountain...amount of gold. For example, the Alaska Juneau gold mine mined with profit ores that contained only 0.00016...product. Consequently, the properties that deter¬ mine the commercial use of nonmetallic products are multitudinous...chemical analyses are sometimes made in order to deter¬ mine the quantities of other ingredients, particularly | | | Book (edition) | maintain ore reserves, and in the proper location of mine workings t o avoid caving ground. In the future...alluYial n1ining in pain: " Gold is not only dug from mine , but likewise collected; .. and containing gold...produced by "·ashing than by digging it fro1n the mine..." (H. C. Han1ilton and \\7 . Falroner.) ).lany...descriptions. He also tells us that Hannibal had a .. ilYer mine, named the B aebulo, in southern Spain, in a mountain...copper ores have been formed in this manner in Chile, and evaporation a lso was effective in for1ning | | | Book | 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...a deposit, but rather the engineering ability to mine on a large scale at low cost, and simultaneously...all within the US "South west" and in northern Chile and neighbouring southern Peru. With the exception |
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