La Planada, Porphyry copper prospect

La Planada

Porphyry copper prospect in Tarapacá, Chile

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	279
Tract name	Chile Eocene–Oligocene Chuquicamata (005pCu1010)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Chile
State or province	Tarapacá
Geographic location	-69.083333333, -20.175 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-69.083333333, -20.175
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age (Ma)	31Ma
Age determination method	unknown
Age range	31 Ma
Age reference	Singer and others (2008)
Minerals	alunite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, covellite, cuprite, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite
Associated rocks	quartz porphyry, granodiorite
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Oligocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Resource 30 Mt at 0.3% Cu .
Study area name	Andes
References	Sillitoe (1981); Zappettini and others (2001); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	Cunningham and others (2008)

Sillitoe, R.H., 1981, Regional aspects of the Andean porphyry copper belt in Chile and Argentina: Applied Earth Science, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions, Section B, v. 90, p. B15B36.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.

Zappettini, Eduardo; Miranda-Angles, Vitaliano; Rodriguez S., Carolina; Palacios, Oscar; Cocking,Robert; Godeas, Marta; Uribe-Zeballos, Hernán; Vivallo S., Waldo; Paz, M.M.; Seggiaro, Raúl; Heuschmidt, Bertand; Gardeweg P., Moyra; Boulangger Rondoy, Elmere; Korzeniewski, Lidia I.; Mpodozis M., Constantino; Carpio R., Mario; and Rubiolo, Daniel, 2001, Mapa metalogénico de laregión fronteriza entre Argentina, Bolivia, Chile y Perú (14ºS28ºS): Santiago, Chile, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Publicacion Geológica Multinacional No. 2, 222 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.