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): |
Jardin |
Political location(s): |
Chile; Nearest community: Copiapo |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in ignimbrites and tuffaceous sedimentary horizons |
Geologic province: |
Central Andes |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Paleocene (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) volcanic; unclassified volcanic rocksIndividual lithologies: | tuff | Host rock stratigraphy: | Hornitos Formation |
(2) sedimentary; conglomerateIndividual lithologies: | volcanogenic breccia |
(3) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstoneIndividual lithologies: | shale (carbonaceous) siltstone |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in ignimbrites & tuffaceous sedimentary horizons; mine produced at 100 t/ day rate for many years/ no total prod figures; Cu/Ag dissem in uppermost 1-2m of flow & 2-3m of overlying sed rocks |
References: |
Lortie, R. B., 1974 |
Stratabound Fumarolic Copper Deposits in Rhyolitic Lavas and Ash-Flow Tuffs, Copiapo District, Atacama, Chile |
in Problems of Ore Deposition, Edited by Bogdanov, B., Volume, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), Bulgarska akademiia na naukite, BAN, Sofiia , 1, 331 p, p. 256 - 264 |
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Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1974; 1,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent Ag: 100 grams/metric ton As: 1 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1974: Conference on Exp Min Pet and Economic Geology, February 1974; Conference Report Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
2,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: maximum original reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.75 percent Ag: 140 grams/metric ton | Reference: Bogdanov, B. D. (Editor(s)), 1974: Problems of Ore Deposition : Fourth Symposium of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Varna, 1974; Volume, Sofia; Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1, 332 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |