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The Caleta Coloso copper deposits are situated at sea level on the coast of northern Chile, some 10 km south of the provincial capital city of Antofagasta (Fig. 1).
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Flint, S., Turner, P. (1990). The Conglomerate-Hosted Copper Deposits at Caleta Coloso, Chile. In: Fontboté, L., Amstutz, G.C., Cardozo, M., Cedillo, E., Frutos, J. (eds) Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes. Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1_25
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