 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Porphyry Copper Deposit: The Cerro Colorado Hypogene Protore, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI,†,* AND...supergene orebody of the Cerro Colorado porphyry Cu (-Mo) deposit, I Región, Chile, exhibits features not...sulfide minerals. At least seventy percent of the chalcopyrite > pyrite stockwork mineralization was emplaced...each sulfide-depositing alteration episode at Cerro Colorado was generated by a pulse of high-temperature...near-surface environment. The initial alteration at Cerro Colorado plausibly developed under conditions similar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Supergene Orebody of the Cerro Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND...Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The 51.8 Ma Cerro Colorado porphyry Cu(-Mo) deposit is situated at 20º...Cordillera Occidental. Supergene processes at Cerro Colorado generated a complex weathering profile that...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated...dispersion of metal. Evidence from Cerro Colorado and elsewhere in northern Chile (e.g., Spence and Angelina) |  | Chinchilla, Darío, Ortega, Lorena, Piña, Rubén, Merinero, Raúl, Moncada, Daniel, Bodnar, Robert J., Quesada, Cecilio, Valverde, Antonio, Lunar, Rosario (2016) The Patricia Zn–Pb–Ag epithermal ore deposit: An uncommon type of mineralization in northeastern Chile. Ore Geology Reviews, 73. 104-126 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.10.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uncommon type of mineralization in northeastern Chile Darı́o Chinchilla, Lorena Ortega, Rubén Piña,...uncommon type of mineralization in northeastern Chile, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...uncommon type of mineralization in northeastern Chile T Darío Chinchilla a, b*, Lorena Ortega a, Rubén...(CEGA), Universidad de NU b Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile. Department of Geosciences, Virginia...Resources Plc. Compañía minera Paguanta, Santiago de Chile, Chile. D Abstract TE The Patricia ore deposit |  | García, M., Maksaev, V., Townley, B., Dilles, J. (2017) Metallogeny, structural evolution, post-mineral cover distribution and exploration in concealed areas of the northern Chilean Andes. Ore Geology Reviews, 86. 652-672 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.01.025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universidad de Chile. Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile. (2) Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza...Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile. (3) College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University...known, allowing better criteria for decisions on mine concession acquisitions, plan geophysical and geochemical...Peru, at Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa, Cuajone, Quellaveco and Toquepala, whereas in northern Chile, the main...main deposits are Mocha, Cerro Colorado, Spence and Lomas Bayas (Fig. 2). The middle Eocene to early Oligocene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dredmetersof the 12 majorporphyrycopperdeposits in Chile was substantiated furtherby Alpersand Brimhall ...supergene alunitefromthe Eseondida porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig...Salvador(Gustafsonand Hunt, 1975) in northern Chile Chile,duringthe late Oligocene to earlyMioceneinterval...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences...3' ½'*• I ß CHILE ?5 ø ,,,,)ARGENTINA ) 43.31 23 SanMiguel de Tucum•n (CERRO CAMPANA)I:::•C |  | Tsang, Debbie P.W., Wallis, Simon R., Yamamoto, Koshi, Takeuchi, Makoto, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Horie, Kenji, Tattitch, Brian C. (2018) Zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the Cerro Colorado porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile. Ore Geology Reviews, 93. 114-140 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.12.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Geochemistry of the Cerro Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile Debbie P.W. Tsang, Simon...and Geochemistry of the Cerro Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile, Ore Geology Reviews (2017)...and Geochemistry of the Cerro Colorado 2 Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile 3 Debbie P.W. Tsang1...deposits; U– U–Pb geochronology; Northern 20 Chile; Timing of Magmati Magmatism agmatism; sm; Volcanism...examined cores extracted from Cerro Colorado, an 73 active PCD mine site that lies at the northern |  | 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...Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone: 56-2-29784532...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...that the Cretaceous Manto-type Cu belt of central Chile extends further north than previously thought. Additionally |  | Cooper, Frances, Adams, Byron, Blundy, Jon, Farley, Ken, McKeon, Ryan, Ruggiero, Alberto (2017) Climate change, groundwater flow, and supergene enrichment in the Central Andes: insights from (U-Th)/He haematite geochronology. Applied Earth Science, 126 (2) 49-50 doi:10.1080/03717453.2017.1306239 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | eBHP Billiton, Copper Exploration, Las Condes, Chile c The western margin of the Central Andes has an...wetter [e.g. Chuquicamata, La Escondida, and Cerro Colorado; (Alpers and Brimhall 1988; Sillitoe and McKee...cessation of supergene mineralisation in northern Chile is of fundamental importance for our understanding...northern Chile by tracking the downward migration of the water table in the Cerro Colorado leached cap...ferrous-bearing minerals, such as pyrite and chalcopyrite, above the redox interface at the water table |  | 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) | | OF HYPOGENE AND SUPERGENE MINERALIZATION IN THE CERRO VERDE-SANTA ROSA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo CLUSTER, AREQUIPA...JORGE GUILLÉN B. Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A., Asiento Minero Cerro Verde-Uchumayo, Avenida Alfonso...Casilla 299, Arequipa, Peru Abstract The contiguous Cerro Verde and Santa Rosa porphyry copper deposits are...dates of 61.8 ± 0.7 (2σ) and 62.0 ± 1.1 Ma for Cerro Verde, and 62.2 ± 2.9 Ma for Santa Rosa, representing...identified by multiple analyses of a sample from Cerro Verde comprising alunite partially replaced by natroalunite |  | Fogliata, A.S., Báez, M.A., Hagemann, S.G., Santos, J.O., Sardi, F. (2012) Post-orogenic, Carboniferous granite-hosted Sn–W mineralization in the Sierras Pampeanas Orogen, Northwestern Argentina. Ore Geology Reviews, 45. 16-32 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.12.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granite in the Sierra de Mazán, the Cerro Colorado granite in the Cerro Negro, and the Los Mudaderos and...on zircons from the Cerro Colorado and La Quebrada granites, located in the Cerro Negro and Sierra de...Regional geological setting The Sierras de Velasco, Cerro Negro and Ancasti are located in the Sierras Pampeanas...of the Cerro Negro This mountain chain is located in the southeast of the Catamarca province and composed...This stock is in contact with tonalites of the Cerro Colorado (Martínez, 1978). The overlying units consist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characteristics of the Cerro Colorado Plutonic Complex in the Precordillera of Northern Chile Shoji KOJIMA, Pablo...Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile [e-mail: skojima@caliche.ucn.cl] * Institute of...2004; accepted on January 9, 2005 Abstract: The Cerro Colorado intrusive stock in the northeastern Chilean...predominantly of pyroxene-bearing biotite monzogabbro (Colorado Unit), with lesser amounts of pyroxene-bearing...of major and trace elements suggest that the Cerro Colorado complex is composed of shoshonitic alkali granitoids |  | Nelson, M., Kyser, K., Clark, A., Oates, C. (2007) Carbon Isotope Evidence for Microbial Involvement in Exotic Copper Silicate Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 102 (7) 1311-1320 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1311 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile MARK NELSON, KURT KYSER,† ALAN CLARK, Department...several Cenozoic porphyry Cu(-Mo) systems in northern Chile, is traditionally ascribed to the lateral migration...anthropogenic environments, including those of acid mine drainage (Johnson and Hallberg, 2003). Sillitoe...El Salvador porphyry copper deposits in northern Chile as relics of entombed microbes, supporting the inference...were concentrated near replacive chalcocite-chalcopyrite interfaces and microbial fixation of copper |  | Masterman, G. J., Cooke, D. R., Berry, R. F., Clark, A. H., Archibald, D. A., Mathur, R., Walshe, J. L., Duran, M. (2004) 40Ar/39Ar and Re-Os Geochronology of Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits and Related Copper-Silver Veins in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 99 (4) 673-690 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.4.673 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-Silver Veins in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile GLENTON J. MASTERMAN,†,* DAVID R. COOKE, RON F....Inés de Collahuasi SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile Abstract The Rosario and Ujina porphyry Cu-Mo deposits...associated with the Domeyko fault system in northern Chile. At Rosario, fault-hosted Cu-Ag–rich massive sulfide...that make up the Collahuasi district in northern Chile occurs within an inlier of Paleozoic basement bounded...3). Historically, mining activity focused on the Cerro La Grande, Poderosa, and Monctezuma areas where |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brief outline of the regional geology of this ore province is given, and the geology of three mining districts...Lousal (Portugal), La Zarza and Tharsis (Huelva Province, Spain). A close relationship between sulphide...bref aper~u de la g6ologie r6gionale de cette province metallif6re est present6, et la g6ologie de trois...contents. An important copper mine was recently started at Rio Tinto (Cerro Colorado), where underneath the...pyrite deposits an epigenetic stockwork type chalcopyrite mineralization occurs in acid pyroclastics rocks |  | Quang, C. X., Clark, A. H., W. Lee, J. K., Hawkes, N. (2005) Response of Supergene Processes to Episodic Cenozoic Uplift, PedimentErosion, and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Peru. Economic Geology, 100 (1) 87-114 doi:10.2113/100.1.0087 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Perú CHAN X. QUANG, ALAN H. CLARK...extended northwestward through field mapping to the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district (ca. 16° 30' S). The 40Ar-39Ar...38.8 Ma) and Posco (38.8 Ma) prospects and the Cerro Verde deposit (36.1–38.8 Ma) demonstrate that supergene...the late Oligocene (24.4–28 Ma natroalunite at Cerro Verde, 26–27 Ma natroalunite at Santa Rosa, and...Miocene (23 Ma alunite and 21 Ma natroalunite at Cerro Verde, and 19.2 Ma jarosite at La Llave) and was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Spence porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile, Rio Algom internal report. Rowland MG, Clark AH...the Spence porphyry copper deposit, II region, Chile, Abstract, Annual Meeting, Geological Society of...2011. Comments on the Cerro Colorado and Spence hypogene models, northern Chile, BHP Billiton internal...eBHP Billiton, Copper Exploration, Las Condes, Chile c The western margin of the Central Andes has an...wetter [e.g. Chuquicamata, La Escondida, and Cerro Colorado; (Alpers and Brimhall 1988; Sillitoe and McKee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks in the northern and eastern parts of Cerro Colorado and the southern wall of Corta Atalaya. They...original protolith. In the western extensions of Cerro Colorado, close to the Rio Tinto–Aracena road, peperitic...layering in felsic porphyry, northeast wall of Cerro Colorado; B: Peperitic associations between felsic porphyry...metapelite and bedded tuff, southwest corner of Cerro Colorado; D: Thin bedded mafic tuffs, north wall of Corta...volcanic rocks Outcrops of these units in the Cerro Colorado opencut are confined to its southwestern corner |  | Palacios, Carlos, Rouxel, Olivier, Reich, Martin, Cameron, Eion M., Leybourne, Matthew I. (2011) Pleistocene recycling of copper at a porphyry system, Atacama Desert, Chile: Cu isotope evidence. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (1) 1-7 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0315-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of copper at a porphyry system, Atacama Desert, Chile: Cu isotope evidence Carlos Palacios & Olivier Rouxel...porphyry in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Chalcopyrite displays a restricted range of δ65Cu values...Atacama Desert . Chile C. Palacios (*) : M. Reich Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla...Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile e-mail: cpalacio@ing.uchile.cl O. Rouxel Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry...the Cu deposits of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, the meteoric supergene enrichment stage covered |  | Braxton, D. P., Cooke, D. R., Ignacio, A. M., Rye, R. O., Waters, P. J. (2009) Ultra-Deep Oxidation and Exotic Copper Formation at the Late Pliocene Boyongan and Bayugo Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposits, Surigao, Philippines: Geology, Mineralogy, Paleoaltimetry, and their Implications for Geologic, Physiographic, and Tectonic Controls. Economic Geology, 104 (3) 333-349 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.3.333 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA American Exploration (Philippines)...copper. In contrast, higher hypogene pyrite/chalcopyrite ratios (2.3) at Bayugo led to greater acid production...Niño (Ph) Atlas (Ph) Aya Aya (Ph) Salatan (Ph) Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa (Pe) Kingking (Ph) Rio Blanco...Chuquicamata (Cl) Inspiration (Az) Toquepala (Pe) Cerro Colorado (Cl) Ok Tedi (PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co)...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru |  | | Report (volume) | | vein deposits located in the Cordillera Oriental, Cerro Rico de Potosi being the best example. After hundreds...technical assistance to private mine operators about mineral exploration, mine development and operation,...trained to provide technical assistance to private mine operators, as well as to conduct reconnaissance...personnel were to supply guidance to small private mine operators on management and bookkeeping, service...1959, when the program ceased to grant loans to mine operators, the small staff consisted of one geologist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by significant erosion. Low sulfidation-state chalcopyrite ± bornite assemblages are characteristic of...central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro de Pasco & Colquijirca Choquelimpie Esperanza Escondida...Escondida & Chimborazo Panguna Cerro Colorado Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri...to global-scale anomalies for Cu (e.g., northern Chile-southern Peru, southwestern North America) or Au |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland Panama 7. Cerro Colarado X Kesleretal. (1977), Linn et al. (1981)... La Granja SA 39. 40. Rosa 41. 42. Antamina Cerro Verde-Santa References Langlois (1978) 4 Titley... 43. Quellaveco 44. Michiquillay X X X Chile 45. Cerro Blanco 46. Chuquicamata SAI X SAI S X ...(Samame Boggio, 1980), Tintaya (Samame Boggio, 1980) Chile: Andacollo (Llaumett P. et al., 1975), 2 Los Pelambres |  | | Report (chapter) | | Bernardo O'Higgins, 1146-B 5, Pisa, Santiago, Chile 2 R T Z Consultants Ltd, PO Box 50, Castlemead,...generating a well defined orebody with bornite--chalcopyrite--chalcocite as the main copper minerals with...deposit, situated in the Andean mountains of northern Chile. It is located next to the Argentine border at an...north of Santiago in the fourth region, Choapa province, Municipality of Salamana and access is via the...than those previously estimated. In 1986, Anaconda Chile SA, now part of the Antofagasta group, undertook |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Te, Se). The last stage fluids precipitated chalcopyrite containing Cu, Bi, Te, (Se) sulphosalts at the...an exchange zone, a few metres thick, showing chalcopyrite disease textures, at the base of the mound;...discovered. The deep potential of the South Iberian Province is therefore promising and open to sophisticated...Abitibi massive sulphide belt of Lake Superior Province (Canada) with 476 Mt in 40 ore deposits (Franklin...shows abundant chalcopyrite 'disease' textures (myriads of micron-sized blebs of chalcopyrite concentrated |  | | Journal (issue) | | PYROMORPHITE crystal group, 6 cm tall, from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho. James and Dawn Minette collection;...400 species), and U.S. minerals, espe cially Colorado pegmatite minerals. As is often the case among...fro m the locality. INTRODUCTION The Higher Pitts mine is situated near to the village of Priddy in the...meters below. The shallow, dry valley in which the mine workings are located leads via Dursdon Wood to Ebbor...include the Higher Pitts mine workings. The area surrounding the Higher Pitts mine has long been used for |
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