CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
246 Chile 32.34 S -- 070.05 W Cerro - Negro (Pirquitra/Diablo) Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
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; conglomerate
Individual lithologies:breccia
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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