Mine detail: Mogote Del Rio Blanco Mine

Previously called 'AtahualpaCalchaquiManto VerdeRosaliaSanta Maria'

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Location: La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.70246, -67.69028
dep_id: 10004664
mrds_id: AR10042
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla
gangue: Gypsum, Limonite
alteration: Oxidation, Sericitization, Carbonitization
ore_ctrl: Fault System
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: El Creston Formation;El Mogote Formation
hrock_type: Pyroclastic Rock
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I PP. 153-155. JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, PP. 81-82
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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