Mine detail: Mi Vida Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Rico'

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.74743, -60.3326

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Alunite, Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Halloysite, Magnetite, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sulfur

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Melcho Syenodiorite;;S. Of Filo Amarillo;;Carudo Breccia
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Cerro Negro Part Of Aconquija Complex;Yuto-Yaco Part Of Sierra Aconquija Complex;Pabellon Granite Part Of Capillitas-Belen Granite;Mi Vida Conglomerate
Associated type:	Diorite
Tectonic:	Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:	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.

References

MRDS	AR01017
DEP	10004221
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.