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): |
Monte Iris |
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: |
Early Cretaceous (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) volcanic; intermediate volcanic rocksIndividual lithologies: | andesite |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): magnetite, chrysotile, malachite |
References: |
Espinoza, S., 1979 |
Una Hipótesis Sobre la Metalogénesis de la Franja Ferrífera Chilena |
in Congreso Geológico Chileno, No. 2, Arica., Edited by Anonymous, Actas, Vol 2, p. C1 - C21 |
Sillitoe, 2003 |
Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits: An Andean View |
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 787 - 812 |
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