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    The document summarizes the geology of the El Toqui Zn-Au skarn district in Chile. It describes the regional geologic setting within the Patagonia massif. The district contains several orebodies hosted in limestone units. Orebodies show zonation from lower-temperature Fe-poor sphalerite zones to higher-temperature Fe-rich sphalerite and pyrrhotite zones. Geochronology indicates two mineralization events around 120-117 Ma and 111-109 Ma associated with rhyolite and dacite sill intrusions, respectively. Gold mineralization primarily occurred during the younger 111-109 Ma event.

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    The document summarizes the geology of the El Toqui Zn-Au skarn district in Chile. It describes the regional geologic setting within the Patagonia massif. The district contains several orebodies hosted in limestone units. Orebodies show zonation from lower-temperature Fe-poor sphalerite zones to higher-temperature Fe-rich sphalerite and pyrrhotite zones. Geochronology indicates two mineralization events around 120-117 Ma and 111-109 Ma associated with rhyolite and dacite sill intrusions, respectively. Gold mineralization primarily occurred during the younger 111-109 Ma event.

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    The document summarizes the geology of the El Toqui Zn-Au skarn district in Chile. It describes the regional geologic setting within the Patagonia massif. The district contains several orebodies hosted in limestone units. Orebodies show zonation from lower-temperature Fe-poor sphalerite zones to higher-temperature Fe-rich sphalerite and pyrrhotite zones. Geochronology indicates two mineralization events around 120-117 Ma and 111-109 Ma associated with rhyolite and dacite sill intrusions, respectively. Gold mineralization primarily occurred during the younger 111-109 Ma event.

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    Geology of the El Toqui Zn‐Au Skarn 

    district Aysen Region, Chile


    district, Aysen Region Chile
    Steven Bussey – Western Mining Services
    Alejandro Kakarieka – IAMGOLD Corporation
    Larry Meinert – Smith College

    1
    Geology of the El Toqui Zn‐Au Skarn district

    • Introduction
    • Regional Geologic Setting
    • District Geology
    • Porvenir and Aserradero Orebodies
    • Zonation
    • Geochronology
    • Summary

    2
    Introduction ‐ Location

    1300 km south of 
    Santiago in the Aysen
    Region of southern 
    Chile, South America

    3
    Introduction – Exploration History
    1970 Discovery
    1974 Metallgesellschaft AG
    1983 El Toqui Start‐Up
    1987 Lac Minerals
    1991 Doña Rosa orebody discovery
    1994 B i k
    Barrick
    1997 Breakwater Resources
    2001 Aserradero Gold Skarn discoveryy
    2006 Porvenir discovery
    2007 Mina Profunda Gold Skarn discovery
    Regional Geologic Setting 

    Somuncura (North Patagonia) massif

    Carboniferous suture
    Carboniferous suture
    (Pankhurst et al. 2006)
    Rio Mayo embayment
    Deseado massif

    Chon Aike volcanic province
    Patagonia Batholith

    5
    District Geology ‐ Stratigraphy

    6
    District Geology – Host Rock Sequence

    7
    District Geology – Main Manto limestone

    8
    District Geology – Geologic Map

    Orebody, projected
    to surface
    1 Z
    Zuñiga-Antolin
    ñi A t li
    2 Concordia
    3 Mallines
    4 Estatuas
    5 San Antonio
    6 M
    Mallin-Monica
    lli M i
    7 Doña Rosa
    8 Mina Profunda
    9 Aserradero
    10 Porvenir

    9
    District Geology – Main Manto Alteration

    10
    Porvenir and Aserradero ‐ Geology

    11
    Porvenir and Aserradero ‐ Geology

    12
    Porvenir and Aserradero ‐ Alteration

    13
    3 cm

    14
    blue-green pyroxene red-brown garnet
    3 cm
    15
    Sphalerite Arsenopyrite
    PDT‐66‐334m

    Pyroxene 16
    Porvenir and Aserradero ‐ Alteration

    17
    Porvenir and Aserradero ‐ Zn

    18
    3 cm

    307.10m

    19
    amphibole > pyroxene

    pyroxene > amphibole

    Shells replaced
    by sphalerite

    20
    Porvenir and Aserradero – Au

    21
    Aserradero Ore

    arsenopyrite sphalerite
    amphibole 22
    District Geology – Alteration at Depth

    Porphyry‐style 
    mineralization 
    encountered 
    at depth
    at depth

    23
    District Geology – Alteration at Depth

    ATZ 3 973
    ATZ‐3‐973

    24
    District Geology – Zonation
    Fe-poor sphalerite
    Pyrite-only
    Pb & Ag-rich
    As-poor

    No skarn minerals
    Chlorite, sericite,
    rhodochrosite Lower 
    Local silicification
    temperature 
    of formation
    ff i

    Fe-rich sphalerite
    p
    Pyrrhotite + pyrite
    Magnetite locally
    Pb & Ag-poor
    As-rich Higher 
    Late gold event
    temperature
    temperature 
    Garnet, pyroxene of formation
    skarn with a zone
    of late amphibole

    Au > 2g/t

    25
    District Geology ‐ Geochronology

    1 – Palacios et al., 1996
    2 Townley and Palacios, 1999
    2 – and Palacios 1999

    26
    District Geology – Mineralization Timing

    Possibility 1 Possibility 2

    North Toqui
    North Toqui North and South Toqui
    North and South Toqui
    carbonate‐replacement ~117 Ma
    and veins 117 Ma
    San Antonio 
    rhyolite sills
    120 Ma

    porphyry‐style
    porphyry style
    stockworks porphyry‐style
    118‐120 Ma stockworks
    San Antonio  118‐120 Ma
    rhyolite sills
    120 Ma

    South Toqui
    South Toqui
    Au‐Co
    Au Co actinolite
    actinolite
    Zi
    Zinc skarn and 
    k d
    111‐109 Ma
    Au‐Co actinolite
    111‐109 Ma Porvenir dacite sill
    113 Ma
    Porvenir dacite sill Au+Co+actinolite Au+Co+actinolite
    113 Ma

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    Conclusions
    •The district is zoned from higher temperatures in the 
    south to cooler temperatures in the north
    • Amphibole‐gold overprints this zonation in the south
    A hib l ld i hi i i h h
    •Two mineralization events are recognized:  120‐117 Ma 
    and 111‐109
    and 111 109 Ma
    Ma
    •The 120‐117 Ma event is associated with compressive 
    deformation and emplacement of rhyolite sills
    •The 111‐109 Ma event is associated with dacite sill 
    emplacement at 113 Ma
    G ld i li ti d d i th 111 109 M
    •Gold mineralization occurred during the 111‐109 Ma 
    event

    28
    Thank You

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