Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Escapada |
Political location(s): |
Chile; Province or state: Atacama |
Deposit clan (type): |
Kiruna-type |
Geologic province: |
Chilean Coastal Cordillera |
Geologic subprovince: |
Cretaceous Iron Belt |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Geological ages: |
Jurassic - Late Jurassic (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) volcanic; intermediate volcanic rocksIndividual lithologies: | andesite |
(2) intrusive; granodiorite-tonalite suiteIndividual lithologies: | tonalite |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): magnetite |
References: |
Sillitoe, 2003 |
Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits: An Andean View |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 787 - 812 |
Vivallo, W., 2000 |
Fe-deposits Chile, a Complimentary Contribution to the World Minerals Geoscience Database Project Fe-oxide (Cu-Au) Database |
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