 | Mote, T. I., Becker, T. A., Renne, P., Brimhall, G. H. (2001) Chronology of Exotic Mineralization at El Salvador, Chile, by 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Copper Wad and Supergene Alunite. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 351-366 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.351 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 351–366 Chronology of Exotic Mineralization at El Salvador, Chile, by 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Copper Wad and Supergene...copper deposit. At the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit in northern Chile the majority of the exotic...samples from exotic deposits within the El Salvador district were characterized and dated by 40Ar/39Ar...postcrystallization ground-water interaction in the hyperarid Atacama desert. The 40Ar/39Ar analytical results show that...40Ar/39Ar dating of exotic mineralization at El Salvador indicates that supergene and exotic mineralization |  | Rieger, A. A., Marschik, R., Diaz, M., Holzl, S., Chiaradia, M., Akker, B., Spangenberg, J. E. (2010) The Hypogene Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 105 (7) 1271-1299 doi:10.2113/econgeo.105.7.1271 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile ANA A. RIEGER,1,† ROBERT MARSCHIK,1,†...2AngloAmerican 3Bayerische 4Section Chile, Mantoverde Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile Staatssammlung für Paläontologie... 80333 Munich, Germany des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Genève, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Genève...Genève, Switzerland 5Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne...Mantoverde iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) district, northern Chile, is known for its Cu production from supergene |  | Barra, Fernando, Reich, Martin, Selby, David, Rojas, Paula, Simon, Adam, Salazar, Eduardo, Palma, Gisella (2017) Unraveling the origin of the Andean IOCG clan: A Re-Os isotope approach. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. 62-78 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...author: Fernando Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone:...IOCG clan in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, comprises the PT iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto...deposits constitute the second source of copper in Chile, after porphyry Cu-Mo systems, whereas SC IOAs...Mantoverde, Casualidad, Diego de Almagro, and D Barreal Seco, three IOAs: Los Colorados, El Romeral, Carmen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated...Evidence from Cerro Colorado and elsewhere in northern Chile (e.g., Spence and Angelina) confirms that Paleocene...emplaced along the Domeyko fault system (e.g., El Salvador) may similarly have been upgraded during the...Cenozoic supergene metallogenic epoch in northern Chile, ca. 20 or even 30 m.y. in duration, which attained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, Akita, Japan Abstract...mineralization in two representative porphyry systems (El Salvador, Chile, and Grasberg, Indonesia) was examined to...and host rocks during potassic alteration at El Salvador and Grasberg includes (i) reduction of SO42−...precipitation during the potassic or subsequent chlorite–sericite alteration in the temperature range of 600–400...represented by quartz, sericite and pyrite, or chalcopyrite in chlorite– sericite alteration in the subepithermal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AucusT, 1975 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON AND JOHN P. HUNT Abstract...copper deposit at E1 Salvador culminated volcanic activity in the Indio Muerto district. Host rocks for the...porphyry series. However, rhyolitic volcanismin the district was clearly more felsic than younger granodioritic...rutile857 No. 5 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile Fig. 1. Aerial view of Cerro Indio Muerto... Volcanic peaks of the high Cordillera,the Salar de Pedernales,and low hills underlain by folded Mesozoicsedimentsand |  | Mote, T. I., Brimhall, G. H., Tidy-Finch, E., Muller, G., Carrasco, P. (2001) Application of Mass-Balance Modeling of Sources, Pathways, and Sinks of Supergene Enrichment to Exploration and Discovery of the Quebrada Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 367-386 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.367 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quebrada Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile TIMOTHY I. MOTE, GEORGE H BRIMHALL,†...CARRASCO Codelco-Chile, Huerfanos 1270, Santiago Chile Abstract A computerized district-scale copper mass-balance...mass-balance analysis at the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit was completed, using all available assay...corridors leading to undiscovered exotic ores to extend mine life, and providing an estimate of the mass of copper...define volumes of the interrelated subsystems. A district geochemical model was created on the Vulcan three-dimensional |  | Gustafson, L. B., Orquera, W., McWilliams, M., Castro, M., Olivares, O., Rojas, G., Maluenda, J., Mendez, M. (2001) Multiple Centers of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 325-350 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.325 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON,† 5320 Cross Creek...89511 WALTER ORQUERA, CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile MICHAEL MCWILLIAMS, Department...AND MARCELLO MENDEZ CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile Abstract The porphyries that...that formed copper deposits in the Indio Muerto district include both 44 Ma rhyolitic subvolcanic intrusions...intruding host andesite at the northeast end of the district. Very weak Cu but much stronger Mo mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Escondida Porphyry Copper Deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile RUBEN A. PADILLA GARZA,† BHP Minerals and Department...Minera Escondida Limitada, avenida de la minera 501, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The Escondida porphyry...porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was one of the two largest copper producers of the world...the basement of the Precordillera de Domeyko province in northern Chile. We propose that the intrusive stock...vein selvage-associated chlorite-sericite ± quartz and by quartz-sericite with sulfides including chalcopyrite |  | Cornejo, Paula, Tosdal, Richard M., Mpodozis, Constantino, Tomlinson, Andrew J., Rivera, Orlando, Fanning, C. Mark (1997) El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic and Geochronologic Framework. International Geology Review, 39 (1) 22-54 doi:10.1080/00206819709465258 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic...Servicio National de Geologoia y Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile b U.S. Geological...Servicio National de Geologia y Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile d Australian National... Orlando Rivera & C. Mark Fanning (1997) El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic...Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved. El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Northern Chile Preface FRANCISCO CAMUS † Codelco-Chile, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago, Chile AND JOHN H...University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Introduction Chile is known worldwide as the site of one of the largest...circum-Pacific belt. Among them are the three largest of all, El Teniente, Río Blanco-Los Bronces, and Chuquicamata...production of more than 50 Mt of fine copper. Currently, Chile annually produces about 4.6 Mt of fine copper that...potential has triggered numerous international mining companies to concentrate their exploration efforts |  | Ossandon C., G., Freraut C., R., Gustafson, L. B., Lindsay, D. D., Zentilli, M. (2001) Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 249-270 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.249 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody. It was...pyritic main-stage veins with pervasive quartz-sericite. Veins of quartz-molybdenite, up to 5 m wide and |  | | Report (issue) | | Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits..................porphyry copper deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...regional faults such as near deposits in northern Chile (Behn and others, 2001; Gow and Walshe, 2005), central...2007). Phyllically altered rocks typically contain sericite, which is composed of muscovite that has a strong |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile Peter Reynolds ) , Casey Ravenhurst 1, Marcos Zentilli...Chuquicamata from the lower temperature Ž- 3508C. quartz–sericite alteration phase. Four K-feldspars from the potassic...be unreliable. Four sericites from the quartz–sericite zone yielded variably discordant age spectra....alteration event. Some K-feldspars in the quartz–sericite zone were completely overprinted at this later...to decrease as distance from the central quartz–sericite zone increases. In the more remote areas, effects |  | Quang, C. X., Clark, A. H., Lee, J. K. W., Guillen B., J. (2003) 40Ar-39Ar AGES OF HYPOGENE AND SUPERGENE MINERALIZATION IN THE CERRO VERDE-SANTA ROSA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo CLUSTER, AREQUIPA, PERU. Economic Geology, 98 (8) 1683-1696 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.8.1683 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by laser-induced incremental-heating 40Ar-39Ar sericite (muscovite-2M1) dates of 61.8 ± 0.7 (2σ) and 62...for at least 800 km in southern Peru and northern Chile (Fig. 1a). Centered at latitude 16°33' S, longitude...Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation (82.5%) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (9.2%). SXEW recovery attained...Pitcher et al., 1985). Age relationships in the district are, in part, defined through U-Pb zircon (62–67...Gneiss al na jr sr Alunite Natroalunite Jarosite Sericite SURF-109 ( al,na, jr) Santa Rosa pit Arequipa |  | Lee, Robert G., Dilles, John H., Tosdal, Richard M., Wooden, Joseph L., Mazdab, Frank K. (2017) Magmatic Evolution of Granodiorite Intrusions at the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile, Based on Trace Element Composition and U/Pb Age of Zircons. Economic Geology, 112 (2) 245-273 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.2.245 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granodiorite Intrusions at the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile, Based on Trace Element Composition...magmatic-hydrothermal porphyry Cu (MoAu) ores in the El Salvador district, Chile. Zircons (n = 240) from 15 Eocene age...Gulch were the most strongly oxidized of the El Salvador magmas. The strongly oxidized trend porphyry...and Proffett, 1995) and the El Abra-Fortuna granodiorite complex, Chile (1–2 m.y., Dilles et al., 1997;...Chuquicamata, Chile (2–3 m.y., Reynolds et al., 1998; Ballard et al., 2001), the Potrerillos district, Chile (8 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tin-Polymetallic Mineralization in the Oruro Mining District, Central Bolivian Tin Belt Asahiko SUGAKI...of the Oruro mining district in the central part of the Bolivian tin belt. The sericite from vein selvedges...that hypogene mineralization in the Oruro mining district took place during the early to middle Miocene:...times. Keywords: K-Ar, age, alunite, jarosite, sericite, sulfur isotope, Oruro, Bolivia mineralization...in the northernmost tin belt. In the Oruro mining district, just south of the Arica Elbow Line, we carried |  | Pizarro, H., Campos, E., Bouzari, F., Rousse, S., Bissig, T., Gregoire, M., Riquelme, R. (2020) Porphyry indicator zircons (PIZs): Application to exploration of porphyry copper deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 126. 103771pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103771 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gregoire M.2, Riquelme R.1 5 6 1 Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte...Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue E. Belin, Toulouse...lower Oligocene metallogenic 32 belt of northern Chile, were determined in order to validate the use of...Eocene to Oligocene metallogeny belt, 48 Northern Chile, Porphyry Copper Deposit, non-mineralized intrusive...body. 49 50 1. Introduction 51 In northern Chile and southern Peru, porphyry copper deposits (PCDs) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zonation at the Surface over the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile YASUSHI WATANABE† Institute for...alteration minerals exposed at the surface of the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit. A total of 276 samples...minerals from surface alteration assemblages at El Salvador that can be applied to generate clear exploration...assemblages at the surface over the El Salvador porphyry copper orebody, Chile (Fig. 1). Our goal is to better...HEDENQUIST 70 W 68 W Quebrada Blanca (35) Rosario (33) El Abra (37) Radomiro Tomic (34-32) Chuquicamata (33 |  | | Report (chapter) | | volcanism: a review R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...Manto-type copper deposits are best known from Chile and southern Peru. They consist o f stratiform concentrations...plugs and pyroclastic beds at Cerro de Mercado, Mexico, and El Laco, Chile. The map netite magma separated...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico...zinc and copper. According to an analysis of the district undertaken by Geyne and co-workers, 9 the volcanic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Earth. In 2017, the Central Andes accounted for the mine production of around 39% of the world’s copper,...Central Chile to southern Peru, whereas the youngest and easternmost extend from central Chile/Argentina...includes some of the world largest copper deposits (Chile is the world’s leading copper producer, with Peru...Paleocene-Early Oligocene porphyry copper belt (Chile). Figure 3 Typical stockwork in a porphyry deposit...Atlántida (Chile). Photo width: 5 cm. Figure 2 A–B vein Panoramic view of the Cerro de Pasco (Peru) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization in the Atacama segment of the South American Andes, northern Chile (26°15'-27°25'S) Received:...magmatism and the rich ore deposits of northern Chile have been the focus of numerous studies. Significant...feature of the geology of this part of northern Chile is the existence of n o r t h - south to north-east-...alteration and cama segment - Andes - northern Chile mineralization (Baker and Guilbert, 1987; Colley...Introduction (Fig. 1): (1) along the Atacama Fault System; (2) along the Inca de Oro Belt; (3) along the West |  | Sillitoe, Richard H., Devine, Fionnuala A.M., Sanguinetti, Martin I., Friedman, Richard M. (2019) Geology of the Josemaría Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Argentina: Formation, Exhumation, and Burial in Two Million Years. Economic Geology, 114 (3) 407-426 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4645 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | located in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, near the present-day northern limit...central Andes, and midway between the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts. The deposit is centered...quartz-pyrophyllite) and underlying sericitic to deeper chlorite-sericite and minor remnant potassic. All the alteration...Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, ~8 km east of the border with Chile (lat 28°26'S, long 69°32'W)...high-sulfidation epithermal deposits of the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts and, along with nearby porphyry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tourmaline-rich alteration in the IOCG systems of northern Chile: implications for a magmatic-hydrothermal origin...oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits of the Coastal Cordillera of Chile where it occurs as large crystals in the groundmass...from those of the tourmaline in the Carajás IOCG district (Brazil), suggesting that IOCGs do not form by...the case for the Cloncurry district in Australia and the Skellefte district in Sweden (Mark et al. 2006;...rocks F. Tornos (*) Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain e-mail: |  | Escolme, Angela, Cooke, David R., Hunt, Julie, Berry, Ron F., Maas, Roland, Creaser, Robert A. (2020) The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex with Both Porphyry and Iron Oxide Cu-Au Affinities. Economic Geology, 115 (3). 543-580 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4718 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 543–580 The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex...Creaser4 1ARC Research Hub for Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC) and Centre for Ore Deposit and...breccia complex in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. The current resource, which includes the neighboring...seen throughout the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Introduction Iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits...In the Mesozoic Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, IOCG, magnetite-apatite, and porphyry-Cu deposits |
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