Fluid history of andesite-hosted CuS-bitumen mineralization, Copiapó district, North Central Chile
2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 78-79; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0375-6742(03)00131-6
ISSN1879-1689
AutoresT Haggan, John Parnell, María Eugenia Cisternas,
Tópico(s)Mineral Processing and Grinding
ResumoCopper sulphide mineralization is intimately associated with solid bitumen (migrated hydrocarbon) within a 70-m-thick porphyritic lava horizon in a Neocomian back-arc basin near Copiapó, North Central Chile. Bitumen occurs as veins and vesicle-fill and exhibits well-developed anisotropic textures. Fluid flow paragenesis is divided into three principal stages, essentially pre-, syn- and post-metallic mineralization. Ore deposition occurred via the reduction of hot (>300 °C) mineralizing fluids by in situ labile bitumens. Comparative study between the Copiapó porphyry-hosted mineralization and the El Soldado massive Cu deposit (150 Mt Cu reserves), located further to the south, reveal striking geologic and genetic similarities.
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