Maricunga Gold Belt
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The Maricunga Gold Belt (Spanish: Cinturón aurífero de Maricunga) or Maricunga Metallogenic Belt[1] is an area rich in gold veins in Atacama Region, Chile. It runs as trend from the vicinity of the Argentine border in a northwestern direction, but does not reach the Pacific Ocean.[2] There is both gold and some silver of high sulphidation epithermal origin and gold with copper of porphyry type in the belt.[1] The gold belt lies at the southern end of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes and different volcanic complexes are geographically associated with any of the two mineralization types.[1]
See also
- Maricunga Gold Mine
- Salar de Maricunga
