PorterGeo Database - Ore Deposit Description
The Mantos Blancos copper-silver deposit is located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, some 45 km NE of the Pacific coastal city of Antofagasta in northern Chile (#Location: 23° 25' 52"S, 70° 3' 22"W). It lies within the Atacama Fault Zone and is hosted by a Triassic sequence of acid volcanics, mainly rhyolites and dacite which dip at 10 to 45° SE and, cut upper Palaeozoic sediments ...
The role of the Antofagasta–Calama Lineament in ore ...
Dec 07, 2006· The largest deposit in the Coastal Range is Mantos Blancos (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu) in which the feeder of mineralization is a magmatic-hydrothermal breccia complex (Ramírez et al. 2006). The Mantos Blancos orebody is located close to the north of the ACL, where the NNE curvature of the AFS occurs (Fig. 2a).
Magmatic evolution of the Mantos Blancos copper deposit ...
May 01, 2008· The Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu) was affected by two superimposed hydrothermal events: (i) phyllic alteration related to a rhyolitic dome emplacement and brecciation at ca 155 Ma; and (ii) potassic, sodic and propylitic alteration at ca 142 Ma, coeval with stocks and sills emplacement of dioritic and granodioritic porphyries, that locally grade upwards into …
Magmatic evolution of the Mantos Blancos copper deposit ...
Jun 01, 2008· The Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu) was affected by two superimposed hydrothermal events: (i) phyllic alteration related to a rhyolitic dome emplacement and brecciation at ca 155 Ma; and (ii) potassic, sodic and propylitic alteration at ca 142 Ma, coeval with stocks and sills emplacement of dioritic and granodioritic porphyries, that locally grade upwards into …
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Feb 07, 2020· Mantos Copper is a mining company dedicated to the safe and sustainable production of copper. Mantos has two operations in the north of Chile, Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde, which are located in the Antofagasta and Atacama Region, respectively. Production has historically been in the range of approximately 90 to 100 thousand tonnes per annum.
Leaching Practices at Mantos Blancos
FIGURE 1 Old Mantos Blancos vat leachlng clrcuit solution from the downstream process, at a tenor of 7-10 g/l Cu, was fed to the oldest vat and the overflow was passed successively through the vats until it reached the new ore as shown in Figure 1. The Mantos Blancos downstream process comprised of a stage of cuprous chlo-
Mesozoic Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Mineralization in the ...
The enigmatic rhyolite-hosted hydrothermal Mantos Blancos Cu-Ag deposit (140 Ma; Ramírez et al., 2006) is the only large Cu deposit known to have formed in the Central Andes during this time .
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Geology, Structures and Preliminary Geochemistry of the Mantos Blancos Mining District, Coastal Range, Antofagasta Region, Chile". Professor: Dr. Gabriel González. Groups
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5 MANTOS BLANCOS OVERVIEW LOCATED IN AN ESTABLISHED MINING JURISDICTION, MANTOS BLANCOS HAS A WELL ESTABLISHED OPERATING TRACK RECORD AND PRODUCES HIGH QUALITY COPPER PRODUCTS. OVERVIEW(1) LOCATION(1) • Mantos Copper is majority owned by Orion Mine Finance LLP and Audley Mining Advisors Limited is a minority holder (~4%)
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Sep 04, 2019· Mantos Blancos is located 45 km from the port city of Antofagasta in Chile's north. ( Image: Archives | Anglo American.) Private Chilean copper producer Mantos …
Magmatic evolution of the Mantos Blancos copper deposit ...
The Upper Jurassic Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu), located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, displays two superimposed hydrothermal events.
The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic ...
The Upper Jurassic Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu), located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, displays two superimposed hydrothermal events. An older phyllic alteration probably related to felsic magmatic-hydrothermal brecciation at ∼155 Ma, and younger (141-142 Ma) potassic, propylitic, and sodic alterations, coeval with dioritic and granodioritic stocks and sills ...
Detailed 40Ar/39Ar dating of geologic events associated ...
Aug 02, 2007· The Mantos Blancos ore deposit is hosted within a rhyolitic dome that is supposed to be associated with hydrothermal breccias, which in turn are intruded by bimodal stocks and sills of dioritic and granodioritic composition (Fig. 1), causing a second stage of brecciation and hydrothermal alteration (Ramírez et al. 2006).All these lithological units are mineralized to different degrees ...
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Aug 23, 2021· Mantos tiene dos operaciones en el norte de Chile, Mantos Blancos y Mantoverde, que están ubicadas en las regiones de Antofagasta y Atacama, respectivamente. La producción ha estado históricamente en un rango aproximado de 90.000 a 100.000 toneladas anuales. Adicionalmente, Mantos Copper tiene dos importante proyectos para aumentar la ...
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Mantos Blancos Sulphide Expansion Mantos Copper S.A. ("Mantos") continued construction of the sulphide concentrator expansion at the Mantos Blancos copper mine. The expansion is expected to increase the throughput of the operation's sulphide concentrator plant from 4.3 Mtpa to 7.3 Mtpa by Q4 2021 and extend the life of the mine to 2035.
(PDF) The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic ...
The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia-style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile. Download. Related Papers. Detailed 40Ar/39Ar dating of geologic events associated with the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, northern Chile. By luis ramirez.
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Oct 11, 2018· Mantos has said its Mantoverde mine will require an investment of US$780 million and will produce an average of 106,000 metric tons of copper and 33,000 ounces of gold per year. The expansion of Mantos Blancos will extend the life of the mine until 2035 and will require a capital injection of US$210 million, the company said.
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Ramirez et al., 2006: The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia-style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile, Mineralium Deposita, v.41, pp.246-258. Sillitoe, 2003: Iron oxide-copper-gold deposits: An Andean view, Mineralium Deposita, v.38, pp.787-812
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Copper Operations included Mantos Blancos and Manto Verde in Chile, whilst the gold operations included the renowned Mina Grande mine near Bello Horizonte in Brazil, as well as the Crixas… AMSA was a subsidiary of Minorco, and I was responsible for all technical mining issues in the operations and projects of the group in South America.
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Mantos Copper | 45.325 seguidores en LinkedIn. Mantos Copper S.A. es una compañía minera dedicada a la extracción y comercialización de cobre, que cuenta con dos operaciones en el norte de Chile: Mantos Blancos y Mantoverde, ubicadas en las regiones de Antofagasta y Atacama respectivamente. Su producción es cercana a las 100 mil toneladas de cobre fino al año, y cuenta …
Invisible'' silver in chalcopyrite and bornite from the ...
Cu. This is the case of Mantos Blancos (Fig. 1), the largest stratabound Cu deposit of the Jurassic belt where more than 200 Mt of ore grading at ~1 wt% Cu have been extracted since 1960. In addition, more than one million ounces of Ag have been produced at Mantos Blancos as a by-product of the main Cu exploitation (Orrego et al., 2006).
Mantos Copper's Mantos Blancos Mine Expansion – Global ...
Oct 03, 2019· Mantos Copper is a copper mining company that was established in Chile in September 2015 when it acquired the Mantos Blancos and Mantoverde mines from Anglo American PLC. Mantos Copper is the majority owner of Mantos Copper S.A. and Mantoverde S.A., and is majority owned by Orion Mine Finance LLP and Audley Mining Advisors Limited.
The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: An Upper ... - CORE
The Upper Jurassic Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu), located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, displays two superimposed hydrothermal events. An older phyllic alteration probably related to felsic magmatic-hydrothermal brecciation at similar to 155 Ma, and younger (141-142 Ma) potassic, propylitic, and sodic alterations ...
CHILE'S NEW COPPER DISCOVERY - Marimaca
1) Mantos Blancos hosted an estimated, pre-mining, resource of approx. 500 million tonnes @ c. 1% Cu Currently developing exploration plan for regional exploration potential Additional targets to the north-east in Sierra Medina MCC has identified several high priority regional exploration targets › Historical drilling has confirmed the
(PDF) The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: An upper Jurassic ...
The Upper Jurassic Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu), located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, displays two superimposed hydrothermal events.
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Feb 20, 2020· Mantos Copper, Chile Baker McKenzie advised Mantos Copper SA, a mining company focused on the extraction and sale of copper in Chile, on mining and environmental regulatory and compliance matters in connection with their mining operations at the Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos sites, including those related to the recent USD 250 million financing ...
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Mantoverde and Mantos Blancos sites, including those related to the recent USD 250 million financing for the expansion of the Mantos Blancos copper mine. In particular, our team assisted with filing and follow-up with the authorities of a number of environmental permits, providing the legal grounds for their approval and authorization.
Paleomagnetic constraints on syn and post-mineralization ...
Large clockwise rotations (about 45^o) are observed at the Mantos Blancos copper deposit in the Coastal Cordillera. Preliminary paleomagnetic results in mineralized rocks and non-mineralized crosscutting dikes indicate suggest that Mantos Blancos was rotated as a whole during early tertiary Andean deformation.
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Mantos Blancos 21 II.3 Fundamentación del trabajo realizado 22 II.4 Referencias 24 II.5 Articulo 1: "The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia – style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of northern Chile" 27 Abstract 28 Introduction 29 Tectonic and geologic setting 30 …