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El Indio Belt - El Indio, Tambo, Pascua Lama
Chile
Main commodities: Au Cu




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2001.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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El Indio

Tambo

Pascua-Lama

    Selected References
Bissig T, Clark A H, Lee J K W, Hodgson C J  2002 - Miocene landscape evolution and geomorphologic controls on epithermal processes in the El Indio-Pascua Au-Ag-Cu Belt, Chile and Argentina: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 971-996
Bissig T, Clark A H, Lee K W, et al.  2003 - Petrogenic and metallogenic responses to Miocene slab flattening: new constraints from the El Indio-Pascua Au-Ag-Cu belt, Chile/Argentina: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38 pp 844-862
Bissig, T., Clark, A.H., Rainbow, A. and Montgomery, A.,  2015 - Physiographic and tectonic settings of high-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver deposits of the Andes and their controls on mineralizing processes: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.65, pp. 327-364.
Chouinard A, Williams-Jones A E, Leonardson R W, Hodgson C J, Silva P, Tellez C, Vega J and Rojas F  2005 - Geology and Genesis of the Multistage High-Sulfidation Epithermal Pascua Au-Ag-Cu Deposit, Chile and Argentina: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 463-490
Davidson J, Mpodozis C  1991 - Regional geological setting of epithermal gold deposits, Chile: in    Econ. Geol.   v86 pp 1174-1186
Deyell C L, Bissig T, Rye R O,  2004 - Isotopic evidence for magamtic-dominated epithermal processes in the El Indio-Pascua Au-Cu-Ag belt and relationship to geomorphologic setting: in Sillitoe R H, Perello J and Vidal C E 2004 Andean Metallogeny: New Discoveries, Concepts and Updates Society of Economic Geologists, Denver,    SEG Special Publication 11 pp 55-73
Deyell C L, Leonardson R, Rye R O, Thompson J F H, Bissig T and Cooke D R  2005 - Alunite in the Pascua-Lama High-Sulfidation Deposit: Constraints on Alteration and Ore Deposition Using Stable Isotope Geochemistry: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 131-148
Oyarzun R, Lillo J, Higueras P, Oyarzun J and Maturana H  2004 - Strong arsenic enrichment in sediments from the Elqui watershed, Northern Chile: industrial (gold mining at El Indio–Tambo district) vs. geologic processes : in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v84 pp 53-64
Siddeley G, Araneda R  1999 - The El Indio - Tambo gold deposits, Chile: in   Proceedings of GOLD 86 Symposium, Toronto, 1986 Balkema, Amsterdam    pp 445-456
Sillitoe R H  1995 - Nevada, Chile: in Sillitoe R H,  Exploration and Discovery of Base- and Precious-Metal Deposits in the Circum-Pacific Region During the Last 25 Years Metal Mining Agency of Japan    pp 70-71
Sillitoe R H  1995 - El Indio, Chile: in Sillitoe R H,  Exploration and Discovery of Base- and Precious-Metal Deposits in the Circum-Pacific Region During the Last 25 Years Metal Mining Agency of Japan    pp 68-70
Sillitoe, R.H.,  1991 - Gold metallogeny of Chile - an introduction: in      Econ. Geol.   v.86, pp. 1187-1205.
Walthier N, Sirvas E, Araneda R  1985 - The El Indio gold, silver, copper deposit: in    E&MJ, Oct., 1985    pp 38-42


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