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AGRANDADA - PROJECT - TEASER - January - 2019 PDF
AGRANDADA - PROJECT - TEASER - January - 2019 PDF
AGRANDADA PROJECT
Locatión
Agrandada Project is located in Region III of Chile. It is located, in a straight line 30 km SE of Copiapó City, and 20 km SE
of Candelaria Mine (Lundin Mining). And 75 km NE of Desierto de Atacama Airport. The access is easy following the C-35
paved road parallel to the Copiapó river to the south, deviating to the east by mining road C-405 at the height of Villa
María. You go up east through the Quebrada Salamanca, until you reach the exploitation area on a promontory of low
relief (elevation 1300 m osl.). Easy access to energy through nearby high voltage line and 75 km proximity to sea water.
Mining friendly district, without relevant environmental and community problems. There are approximately 22.7 km2 of
mining property (approx. 2271 hectares).
Candelaria Mine
N6.950.000
CANDELARIA
MINE AGRANDADA
PROJECT
N6.940.000
AGRANDADA PROJECT
Agrandada Project
LOCATION MAP
III Region of Atacama AGRANDADA PROJECT
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CANDELARIA MINE
History
The historical data highlight a series of small pits and underground mine with production of copper. The project includes
surface mapping, geophysics data (IP and Aerial Magnetometry) and chip samples, with economic copper mineralization
observed in the mining artisanal labor.
Geology
The area is controlled by large regional geological structures NNE, known as Elisa de Bordo Structural System. This
system controls different intrusive precursors of Paleocene, of dioritic composition, in turn cut by fertile quartz-monzonitic
intrusive of age 59 ma, and possibly their phyllic alteration and mineralization is still a little younger. These intrusive cut to
the east a sequence of sedimentary volcano rocks of the Hornitos Formation from 80 to 65 ma (Upper Cretacic). This
formation also presents in the area various domes and dacitic flows. To the east of the intrusives is the Cerrillos
Formation (volcanic - sedimentary).
The mineralized rock is a intrusive, which under the microscope is defined as Quartz-Monzonitic porphyry, coarse to
medium grain, with biotite altered to quartz with sericite and hematite and veinlets with copper oxides (brochantite and
atacamite). Relictic potassic alteration is observed, given by potasic feldspar and hydrobiotite.
59 ma
Figure N° 3: Chargeability 100 m depth, in Agrandada Mine. In orange color small mining works.
Calculated
Resistivity
L1001 N
Average
Chargeability
Resistivity
Chargeability
Figure N° 4: IP Geophysical
Secction Geological L1001 N, and
geological interpretation
interpretation
MAJOR STRENGTHS
➢ Lithology: Intrusive fertile hipabisal porphyry. (Right)
➢ Alteration Age: Paleocene (Right)
➢ Structural control: NS Regional Faults, NE and NW. Lithological contact by fault are important metallotects that produce alteration and mineralization. (Rigth)
➢ Alteration: Indications of Potassic and Phyllic alteration. (Right).
➢ Geophysic: Magnetometry & IP correlationed with litho, structures and mineralization tipycal of Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au style (Right).
➢ Geochemistry: Good correlation with PCu, including anomalies in Cu, Au, Mo (Right).
➢ Type ore body: PCu-Mo-Au (including strong breccias, veins, and disseminated mineralization) (Right).
➢ Historical exploration: Exploration of the district only by deposit IOCG style and stratabound. However, the Agrandada area presents Porphyry Cu type mineralization. (Right).
➢ Infrastructure: Good roads, close miner cities, and power line nears to the project. Accommodation and food near. Environment and friendly community (Right).