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El Abra
Chile
Main commodities: Cu




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2016.     Record last updated: 12/03/2017
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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El Abra

    Selected References
Ambrus J  1977 - Geology of the El Abra porphyry copper deposit, Chile: in    Econ. Geol.   v72 pp 1062-1085
Ballard J R, Palin J M, Campbell I H  2002 - Relative oxidation states of magmas inferred from Ce(IV)/Ce(III) in Zircon: application to Porphyry Copper deposits of northern Chile : in    Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology   v144 pp 347-364
Campbell I H, Ballard J R, Palin J M, Allen C and Faunes A,  2006 - U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Granitic Rocks from the Chuquicamata-El Abra Porphyry Copper Belt of Northern Chile: Excimer Laser Ablation ICP-MS Analysis : in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 1327-1344
Camus, F.,  2003 - El Yacimiento El Abra,: in   Geologia de los Sistemas Porfiricos en los Andes de Chile Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile; Servicio Nacional e Geologia y Mineria; Sociedad Geologica de Chile,   [in Spanish], pp. 161-167.
Correa, K.J., Rabbia, O.M., Hernandez, L.B., Selby, D. and Astengo, M.,  2016 - The Timing of Magmatism and Ore Formation in the El Abra Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile: Implications for Long-Lived Multiple-Event Magmatic-Hydrothermal Porphyry Systems: in    Econ. Geol.   v.111, pp. 1-28
Dean D A, Graichen R E, Barrett L F, Burton W D  1995 - Geological overview of the El Abra porphyry copper deposit, Chile: in Green S M, Struhsacker E (Eds),  Geology and Ore deposits of the American Cordillera Geol. Soc. of Nevada Field Trip Guidebook Compendium, 1995, Reno/Sparks, NV    pp 457-464
Park, J.-W., Campbell, I.H., Malaviarachchi, S.P.K. Cocker, H., Hao, H. and Kay, S.M.,  2019 - Chalcophile element fertility and the formation of porphyry Cu - Au deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.54, pp. 657-670.


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