La Plata

Ecuador· CotopaxiUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
4.06%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
2010

Overview

Massive, semi-massive lenses; 100 m long, 3 m thick, veinlets, Cu-rich footwall, Zn-rich hanging wall. Tholeittic to calc alkaline, intraoceanic island arc accreted to continental margin.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: Atico Mining

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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