Magmatic-hydrothermal, stratabound copper-(silver) deposit with breccia-style mineralization, hosted in Jurassic volcanic rocks. Mining started in 1960.
References:
- Ramírez, L.E., Palacios, C., Townley, B., Parada, M.A., Sial, A.N., Fernandez-Turiel, J.L., Gimeno, D., Garcia-Valles, M., and Lehmann, B. (2006): The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia-style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita 41, 246-258.
- Oliveros, V., Féraud, G., Aguirre, L., Ramírez, L., Fornari, M., Palacios, C., and Parada, M.A. (2008): Detailed 40Ar/39Ar dating of geologic events associated with the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita 43, 281-293.
- Maksaev, V., Townley, B., Palacios, C., and Camus, F. (2007): Metallic ore deposits. In: Moreno, T., and Gibbons, W. (editors): The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society (London), pp. 414.
- Reich, M. et al. (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, 663-675.
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Map Reference: 23°29'8"S , 70°9'58"W
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