One of the largest deposits of a poorly known Early Cretaceous porphyry belt in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile (300 Mt at 0.45% total Cu).
Located 130 km NNE of Antofagasta, at an altitude of 1710 m.
Ref.:
Maksaev, V. et al. (2006): SHRIMP U-Pb dating of the Antucoya porphyry copper deposit: new evidence for an Early Cretaceous porphyry-related metallogenic epoch in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Mineralium Deposita, 41, 637-644.
