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Pascua Lama project, Atacama Region, Chile
Open-pit gold-silver-copper project owned (as of 2007) by Barrick Gold Corp. Mineralization, both disseminated and of stockwork type, is hosted in late Paleozoic and mid-Tertiary intrusive and volcanic rocks, extending across the border into Argentina too (http://www.mindat.org/loc-156889.html). Located at around 4,600 meters elevation.The project is controversial because of its economic and environmental consequences.
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References
- 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.
- C. L. Deyell et al (2005) Alunite in the Pascua-Lama High-Sulfidation Deposit: Constraints on Alteration and Ore Deposition Using Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Economic Geology; January 2005; v. 100; no. 1; p. 131-148
- Economic Geology 100 (2005) 463-490
- C. L. Deyell et al (2005) Alunite in the Pascua-Lama High-Sulfidation Deposit: Constraints on Alteration and Ore Deposition Using Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Economic Geology; January 2005; v. 100; no. 1; p. 131-148
- Economic Geology 100 (2005) 463-490
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Updated Mineral Entry: ThaumasiteFrom Knut Edvard Larsen, 20th May 2013 13:36:52