Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Cerro - Negro (Pirquitra/Diablo) |
Political location(s): |
Chile; Subprovince or locality: Cerro-Negro Mountain; Nearest community: SW flank |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; primary sulphides in green breccias |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Late Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | breccia |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) primary sulphides in green breccias; manto-type Cu deposit in continental clastic sedimentary rocks |
References: |
Munoz, J. O., 1975 |
On Stratiform Copper Deposits of Chile |
Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, Volume 98, p. 17 - 21 |
Pelissonnier, H., 1971 |
Le Gisement de Cuivre Stratiforme de Cerro Negro, Chili |
2, in Colloque Sur les Mineralisations Sulfurees Stratiformes Liees au Volcanisme (Oct/70), Edited by Anonymous, Section 2: Geologie Appliquee, Chronique des Mines, Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, 6, p. 43 - 50 |
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