| Location: | Catamarca, Argentina, South America |
| Lat / long: | -27.74743, -60.3326 |
| dep_id: | 10004221 |
| mrds_id: | AR01017 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Molybdenum |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Halloysite, Magnetite, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sulfur |
| model: | 53: Porphyry Cu |
| alteration: | Propylitization, Sericitization (Sericite, Rutile, Halloysite, Alunite, Zunyite, Quartz), Potassic: Biotite (Secondary Biotite, No Secondary K-Spar, K-Spar Alteration. Silicification. Tourmalinization In Carudo Breccia. The Aureole Of Alteration Is Irregular In Shape And Extends 1,900m E-W. The Oxidation Zone Is 300m Deep. |
| conc_proc: | Leached Area About 300 M Thick, Secondary Enrichment Averages 100 M Thick Below Water Table. |
| ore_ctrl: | System Of Fissures And Pipes |
| Reporter: | Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Melcho Syenodiorite;;S. Of Filo Amarillo;;Carudo Breccia |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| arock_unit: | Cerro Negro Part Of Aconquija Complex;Yuto-Yaco Part Of Sierra Aconquija Complex;Pabellon Granite Part Of Capillitas-Belen Granite;Mi Vida Conglomerate |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| tectonic: | Magmatic Arc |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ANGELELLI(1984) YACIMIENTOS MELAIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. V.1 P.119-121
- Deposit:: KOUKHARSKY, M. AND MIRRE, J.C., 1976, MI VIDA PROSPECT: A PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSIT IN NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, NO. 5 P. 849-863.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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