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Mondaca mine, Carrizal Alto district, Huasco Province, Atacama Region, Chile

(Mina Mondaca)

An old abandoned Cu mine: the vein has been worked to great depth (500 mt aprox.). Mineralization hosted in diorite and diabase rocks.

Ref:

C. Ruiz Fuller/F. Peebles (1988): "Yacimientos metalíferos de Chile": Fondecyt, Stgo de Chile.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Amphibole Group'
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Calcite
'Chalcedony
var: Agate'

Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cobaltite
Cuprite
Erythrite
Limonite
Molybdite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Tetrahedrite
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite


19 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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