| Deposit ID | 10065219 |
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| MRDS ID | TC40323 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aldebaran Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Casale Hill, Cathedral Peak, Vein Zone |
| Geographic coordinates: | -69.33283, -27.78886 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Chile(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Chile |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Sulfur | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | VILA AND SILLATOE (1991) HAVE AS, SB, HG, AG, PB, ZN, AU, CU, MO ANOMALOUS SOIL GEOCHEMICAL MAPS. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| (1) | -69.33283, -27.78886 |
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| Name | VEIN ZONE |
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| General form | TABULAR |
| Dip | }} |
| Thickness | 10M |
| Length | 700M |
| Width | 500M |
| Name | CATHEDRAL PEAK SECTOR |
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| General form | TABULAR |
| Dip | }} |
| Name | CASALE HILL |
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| General form | TABULAR |
| Dip | }} |
| Development status | Prospect |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Arizona Star (Bema Gold) |
| First year | 1994 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC40323 |
LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 16, JANUARY '94, P. 17.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN ZONE (1): VEIN ZONE CROPS OUT OVER 1 SQUARE KM AND IS COMPOSED OF CHLORITIZED ANDESITIC BRECCIA AND TUFF CUT BY A QUARTZ VEIN SWARM THAT BIFURCATE, PINCH, SWELL, ORE DISCONTINUOUS ALONG STRIKE, SIGMOIDAL IN PLAN. THEY HAVE SELVAGES OF SERICITE-TOURMALINE NEAR K-SILICATE ZONE AND TO THE EAST QUARTZ ALUNITE. QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN 3-5 VOL% PYRITE, ENARGITE, LUZONITE, TENNANTITE-TETRAHEDRITE, AG 30-600 PPM, AU LESS THAN 1 PPM. VUGGY SILICA, BARITE AND NATIVE SULFUR. OTHER VEIN ORE MASSIVE SULFIDE WITH PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AG 30-200 PPM, AU LESS THAN 1 PPM. GYPSUM, JAROSITE, CHALCANTHITE, SCORODITE, AND WAVELLITE OCCUR AS SURFACE OXIDATION PRODUCTS. CATHEDRAL PEAK SECTOR (2): 500 M THICK TABULAR MASS OF PERVASIVE ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION (CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ-ALUNITE-KAOLINITE-PYRITE) WITH WNW BARITE-QUARTZ VEINS WITH UP TO 120 PPM AG AND LESS THAN 1 PPM AU, UP TO 10% NATIVE SULFUR ABOVE 5000 M, HIGH AS SOIL CHEMISTRY. CASALE HILL (3): K-SILICATE ALTERATION |
| Deposit | WITH ABOUT 0.6 PPM AU. MAGNETITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, MOLYBDENITE, PYRITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1993 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1994 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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