Los Frailes

Overview

Massive, semi-massive, banded, stringer zones. Resource 70 million t @ 0.34% Cu, 3.92% Zn, 2.25% Pb, 62 g/t Ag, open at depth. Closed in 2000 due to tailings dam failure.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1997

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS