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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Trachyte, Andesite
- Associated rock
- Lo Prado Formation — Trachyte, Andesite
- Orebody form
- IRREGULAR
- Tectonic setting
- Andean Cordillera And Batholith
North-Trending Folds, Faults, And Plutonic Masses, Bedding At 0 - 30e. Three Fault Systems Trending N And Ne
Ns Faults Control
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Production size
- Medium
Records and references
RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. TABLE 1 (SPANISH)MINING JOUR. ANN REV, 1970, JUNE, P. 299RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P. RUGE, H., 1985, GEOLOGIA Y MINERALIZACION DE YACIMIENTO DE COBRE EL SOLDADO, V REGION, CHILE: IV CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO. KLOHN, E., HOLMGREN, C., AND RUGE, H., 1986, EL SOLDADO, A PECULIAR COPPER DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH ANOMALOUS ALKALINE VOLCANISM IN THE CENTRAL CHILEAN COASTAL RANGE: SYMPOSIUM ON SOUTH AMERICAN MINERAL DEPOSITS, AIME, NEW ORLEANS, 8 P. SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOLS).1965 GEOLMAP WILLIAM CARTERCARTER, WILLIAM, AND ALISTE NELSON, 1965 (?), CUADRANGULO NIHUE, PROV. ACONCAGUA: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, REPT. IN PREPARATION, (SPANISH)CIMRIMINING JOUR. 1970 REF.; RUIZ Y PEEBLES, 1988.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10105516 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: -32.64414, -71.11120
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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