Los Bronces Mine (Rio Blanco-Los Bronces deposit), Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

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Los Bronces Mine, Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	33° 8' 20'' South , 70° 16' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	-33.13889,-70.27778
GeoHash:	G#: 66n52z1rc
Owned/operated by:	Anglo American plc
Köppen climate type:	ET : Tundra
Name(s) in local language(s):	Mina los Bronces, Provincia de Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

A copper and molybdenum mine, started in 1970. The open pit is 5,000 meters long, 300 meters wide & 100 meters deep. Produced 10,000 tons ore/day.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Molybdenum

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

36 valid minerals.

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Quaternary - Tertiary

0 - 66 Ma

ID: 3189331

Cenozoic volcanic rocks

Age: Cenozoic (0 - 66 Ma)

Lithology: Volcanic rocks

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

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Localities in this Region
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Chile

Santiago Metropolitan Region
- Santiago Province
  - Los Bronces Mine (Rio Blanco-Los Bronces deposit)
    - Donoso breccia pipe

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References

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- Mining Annual Review( 1985):225.

- Econ Geol (1985) 80:1544-1565.

- Frikken, P and Cooke, DR and Walshe, JL and Archibald, DA and Skarmeta, J and Serrano, L and Vargas, R (2005): Mineralogical and Isotopic Zonation in the Sur-Sur Tourmaline Breccia, Rio Blanco-Los Bronces Cu-Mo Deposit, Chile: Implications for Ore Genesis. Economic Geology, 100, 935-961.

- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.

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