 | 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...author: Fernando Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone:...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...Mantoverde, Casualidad, Diego de Almagro, and D Barreal Seco, three IOAs: Los Colorados, El Romeral, Carmen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...Lower Leached zone are mainly hematitic, implying chalcocite-rich precursors. The Upper Supergene ore is dominated...relics of chalcocite, but it includes a superimposed zone of abundant chrysocolla veins. Chalcocite, usually...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated...that both formation and oxidation of a stage I chalcocite blanket had occurred by earliest Oligocene. During |  | 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) | | 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...and (locally) granodiorite, as at Llano de Perez and Llano de Martinez (Fig. 2). Steep mountains formed...Antofagasta provinces and the northern part of Atacama province, Chile, extends about 600 miles from the Peruvian |  | | 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) | | (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) | | 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...circum-Pacific belt. Among them are the three largest of all, El Teniente, Río Blanco-Los Bronces, and Chuquicamata...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 |  | 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...upward and outward under what became the supergene chalcocite enrichment blanket. The presence of associated |  | 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) | | 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...sulfides that include bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, chalcocite, covellite, enargite, sphalerite, tennantite |  | 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...of copper may occur as bornite, enargite, and chalcocite. By-product minerals frequently include molybdenite |  | 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) | | porphyrycopperdeposits in southwestern North America underlying chalcocite enrichment (e.g.,Emmons,1917),are (Livingston...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 |  | 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 |  | | Report (chapter) | | volcanism: a review R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...Manto-type copper deposits are best known from Chile and southern Peru. They consist o f stratiform concentrations...concentrations of disseminated and vesicle-filling chalcocite-bornitechalcopyrite in the tops of Jurassic to...plugs and pyroclastic beds at Cerro de Mercado, Mexico, and El Laco, Chile. The map netite magma separated...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico |  | Rieger, A. A., Marschik, R., Diaz, M., Holzl, S., Chiaradia, M., Akker, B., Spangenberg, J. E. (2010) The Hypogene Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 105 (7) 1271-1299 doi:10.2113/econgeo.105.7.1271 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile ANA A. RIEGER,1,† ROBERT MARSCHIK,1,†...2AngloAmerican 3Bayerische 4Section Chile, Mantoverde Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile Staatssammlung für Paläontologie... 80333 Munich, Germany des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Genève, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Genève...Genève, Switzerland 5Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne...Mantoverde iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) district, northern Chile, is known for its Cu production from supergene |  | 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 |  | Reich, Martin, Palacios, Carlos, Alvear, Macarena, Cameron, Eion M., Leybourne, Matthew I., Deditius, Artur (2009) Iodine-rich waters involved in supergene enrichment of the Mantos de la Luna argentiferous copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (6) 719-722 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0235-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | enrichment of the Mantos de la Luna argentiferous copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile Martin Reich & Carlos...during supergene oxidation of Cu deposits in the Atacama region. In this report, we document the occurrence...(Ag–I) inclusions hosted by supergene chalcocite from Mantos de la Luna, an argentiferous Upper Jurassic...stratabound Cu deposit in the Coastal Range of northern Chile. The presence of this unusual mineral assemblage...Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile e-mail: |  | 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...localized economically significant supergene chalcocite enrichment. However, probably because of the...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 |  | | 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...oxidation of hypogenesulfidesand that supergene"chalcocite"probably replaced hypogenechalcopyrite or bornite...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 |  | 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 |  | 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) | | Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile VÍCTOR CARLOTTO, Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional...Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. Avenida de la Cultura, Cuzco, Perú ALBERTO ZÁRATE, PEDRO RAMOS, HÉCTOR...CABALLERO, Minera Anaconda Perú S.A. Avenida Paseo de la República 3245, Piso 3, San Isidro, Lima 27, Perú...Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile Abstract Originally known for its Fe-Cu skarn mineralization...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization |  | Nelson, M., Kyser, K., Clark, A., Oates, C. (2007) Carbon Isotope Evidence for Microbial Involvement in Exotic Copper Silicate Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 102 (7) 1311-1320 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1311 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile MARK NELSON, KURT KYSER,† ALAN CLARK, Department...several Cenozoic porphyry Cu(-Mo) systems in northern Chile, is traditionally ascribed to the lateral migration...anthropogenic environments, including those of acid mine drainage (Johnson and Hallberg, 2003). Sillitoe...microscopic bodies in the chalcocite blankets of the Chuquicamata and El Salvador porphyry copper deposits...deposits in northern Chile as relics of entombed microbes, supporting the inference of Titley (1975) and others |
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