| 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) | Geology 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...Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody...contain the overwhelming proportion of copper at Chuquicamata in all alteration zones and assemblages, including | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | dredmetersof the 12 majorporphyrycopperdeposits in Chile was substantiated furtherby Alpersand Brimhall ...porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig. 1). (Chuquicamata and MM) wouldbe...1986;Alpersand Brimhall,1988)and two from placeat Chuquicamata, andprobably elsewhere in northern E1 Salvador(Gustafsonand...Salvador(Gustafsonand Hunt, 1975) in northern Chile Chile,duringthe late Oligocene to earlyMioceneinterval...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Northern Chile PATRICIO CUADRA C.† AND GONZALO ROJAS S. Superintendencia Geología, Codelco-Chile División...División Radomiro Tomic, Chile Abstract The main copper oxide minerals in the Radomiro Tomic deposit are atacamite...north of the Chuquicamata mine and 40 km north of the town of Calama in the Antofagasta region of northern...northern Chile (Fig. 1), at an elevation of 3,000 m above sea level. The deposit was discovered in 1952...course of an exploration program undertaken by the Chile Exploration Company, which sought the extension | | | 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...History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida...Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 1062-1085 Geology oftheE1AbraPorphyry CopperDeposit, Chile JOZSEF A•IBRUS Abstract The E1 Abra porphyryCOl)per...porphyryCOl)per deposit,located42 km northof Chuquicamata, was minedon a smallscalein the past,andseveralstudies...1972to 1975,the Corporaci6nNacionaldel Cobrede Chile completedan evaluation programknownas the E1 Abra...located in E1 Loa Province, Chile, 42 kilometers north of the Chuquicamataopen-pit mine (Fig. 1). It is...is emplacedin the samemountainrange as Chuquicamata at 4,000 meters above sea level. Two thirdclassroadsconnectE1 | | Sapiains, Pía, Figueroa, Valentina, Hayashida, Frances, Salazar, Diego, Menzies, Andrew, González, Cristián, Loyola, Rodrigo, Murphy, Beau, González, Juan, Parcero-Oubiña, César, Troncoso, Andrés (2021) Supergene Copper and the Ancient Mining Landscapes of the Atacama Desert: Refining the Protocol for the Study of Archaeological Copper Minerals through the Case Study of Pukara de Turi. Minerals, 11 (12) 1402 doi:10.3390/min11121402 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas...Católica del Norte, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000, Chile; vfigueroa@ucn.cl Department of Anthropology, University...Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800284, Chile; dsalazar@uchile.cl (D.S.); atroncos@uchile...de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4090541, Chile; jgonzal@ucsc.cl Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio...Correspondence: psg004@ucn.cl Abstract: Northern Chile is home to the world’s largest copper ore deposits | | Rivas-Romero, Constanza, Reich, Martin, Barra, Fernando, Gregory, Daniel, Pichott, Sergio (2021) The Relation between Trace Element Composition of Cu-(Fe) Sulfides and Hydrothermal Alteration in a Porphyry Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile. Minerals, 11 (7) 671 doi:10.3390/min11070671 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile Constanza Rivas-Romero 1,2, *, Martin...Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile. Minerals 2021, 11, 671. https://doi...Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago 8370450, Chile; mreich@cec.uchile.cl (M.R...Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370450, Chile Department of Earth Sciences, University...Casa Matriz, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago 8370450, Chile; spich001@codelco.cl Correspondence: constanzarivasromero@gmail | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...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...Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri Chuquicamata dist. Koloula Frieda River dist...dist.(Nena) Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera | | | Book (volume) | After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert............................................ 65 T he El T eniente M egabreccia D eposit,th e W o rld ’s L...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Plutonic Complex of the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile José Zambra1,*, Shoji Kojima1, Sergio Espinoza1...Catholic University, Antofagasta and 2Minera Tocopilla, Barros Arana, Tocopilla, Chile Abstract The Angélica...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...since 1960 by ENAMI (National Mining Company of Chile). Because of recent exploitation of the deposit | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Andacollo copper–gold district, La Serena, Chile: preliminary data from the porphyry copper and possible...Oyarzun The Andacollo mining district is located in the Coquimbo region of Chile at 30°14’ south, 71°06’ west...landscape (Fig. 1). Current mining activity in the district is concentrated on copper and gold. These metals...deposits are analysed. Geology of district The Andacollo district is mostly confined to a fault-bounded...placer-type deposits (Fig. 1). The geology of the district consists largely of the volcanic–volcaniclastic | | 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...Universidad de Atacama, Copayapu 485, Copiapó, Chile e-mail: karl.riveros@uda.cl K. Riveros : E. Veloso...0610, Antofagasta, Chile W. Véliz Minera Escondida Ltd, Avenida de la Minería 501, Antofagasta, Chile...porphyry Cu deposit in northern Chile, the largest Cu-producing mine in the world. The Escondida deposit | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | consecutive hydrothermal events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile Peter Reynolds ) , Casey Ravenhurst...temperature Ž) 3508C. potassic alteration event at Chuquicamata from the lower temperature Ž- 3508C. quartz–sericite...Leiva, G., Rojas, J., Graves, M.C., 1994a. The Chuquicamata system revisited. ŽExtended Abstract., Society...deposits of the Andes, New Developments’. Concepcion Chile, October 17–18, 1994. Proceedings 2, 1647–1651.x...world’s largest porphyry copper systems, Chuquicamata, Chile. Accurate and precise dating are required | | | Journal (issue) | Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................J. F. Poullen Famous Mineral Localities: Chuquicamata, Chile ........... 321 by Robert B. Cook Departments...Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...y 270 W est n e a r A n im al W o n d erlan d . T el. 501-767-4800 Hot Springs, Arkansas The M ineralogical | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Zaldívar porphyry copper deposit, Northern Chile Eduardo Campos & Jan Wijbrans & Paul A. M. Andriessen...the Zaldívar porphyry copper deposit (Northern Chile) by applying a combination of different isotopic...Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile e-mail: edcampos@ucn.cl J. Wijbrans : P....Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, approximately 175 km SE of Antofagasta city (Fig. 1). The current proven...wt.% Cu, equivalent to 2.83 Mt of copper. Current mine production is 146,000 tonnes of copper per year | | Masterman, G. J., Cooke, D. R., Berry, R. F., Walshe, J. L., Lee, A. W., Clark, A. H. (2005) Fluid Chemistry, Structural Setting, and Emplacement History of the Rosario Cu-Mo Porphyry and Cu-Ag-Au Epithermal Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 100 (5) 835-862 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.5.835 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Cu-Ag-Au Epithermal Veins, Collahuasi District, Northern Chile GLENTON J. MASTERMAN,†,* DAVID R. COOKE...deposit is located in the Collahuasi district of northern Chile. It comprises high-grade Cu-Ag-(Au) epithermal...1,022 Mt at 0.93 percent copper occurs in the district at the nearby Ujina and Quebrada Blanca porphyry...zoning of precious metals and sulfosalts at the district scale. Introduction MANY porphyry copper deposits...ET AL. 1 to 3 km (Sillitoe, 2000). In northern Chile, several of the major Eocene-Oligocene porphyry | | | 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...deposits emplaced along the Domeyko fault system (e.g., El Salvador) may similarly have been upgraded during | | | Book | ................. 61 , The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...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 | | 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 | | | 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 | | | Report (chapter) | interaction within the West Fissure Zone in northern Chile C. J A N S S E N , V. L I J D E R S & A. H O F F...profiles crossing the West Fissure Zone in northern Chile were used to describe the chemical effects of fluids...segments of the West Fissure Zone (WFZ) in northern Chile (Fig. 1). The W F Z is an exhumed trace of the Precordilleran...porphyry copper deposits in the world, e.g. Chuquicamata, Radimiro Tomic and the mines of Colahuasi,...'/ ] 24°S Fig. 1. Overview sketch of Northern Chile showing morphological units and the West Fissure | | | Report (issue) | rocks and phosphate-rich sediments. Association: Kaolinite, montmorillonite, allophane, wavellite, pyrite...From Ottré, near Vielsalm, Belgium. At the Bunny mine, St. Austell, and elsewhere in Cornwall, England...Katonto, north of Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire), good crystals. In the USA...from the Bishop mine, Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia; in the Cerrillos district, Santa Fe Co.,... and the Burro Mountains district, Grant Co., New Mexico; in Arizona, commercial production from Mineral | | Braxton, D. P., Cooke, D. R., Ignacio, A. M., Rye, R. O., Waters, P. J. (2009) Ultra-Deep Oxidation and Exotic Copper Formation at the Late Pliocene Boyongan and Bayugo Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposits, Surigao, Philippines: Geology, Mineralogy, Paleoaltimetry, and their Implications for Geologic, Physiographic, and Tectonic Controls. Economic Geology, 104 (3) 333-349 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.3.333 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | intrusion-centered gold-rich deposits in the Surigao district of northeast Mindanao, Philippines. Exhumation...Isotopic measurements of oxygen in supergene kaolinite from Boyongan suggest that local paleometeoric...Rosario (Cl) Morenci; NW extension (Az) El Salvador (Cl) Chuquicamata (Cl) Inspiration (Az) Toquepala (Pe)...(Pe) Cerro Colorado (Cl) Ok Tedi (PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co) Boyongan (Ph) La Escondida (Cl) 0 FIG...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geologic Evolution of the Escondida Area, Northern Chile: A Model for Spatial and Temporal Localization of...and Chimborazo (Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile). The purpose of this study was to examine the regional...magmatic setting of this preeminent porphyry Cu district for evidence of features or processes that might...throughout much of the porphyry belt of northern Chile. Geochemically, they are I-type in character, but... Introduction NORTHERN CHILE is the world’s premier porphyry copper district, hosting several major deposits | | | 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...ppm Au) associated with erodedandesiticstrathat of "El Indio belt" for the north-trending metal- tovolcanoes |
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