Mine detail: Mogote Del Rio Blanco Mine

Previously called 'AtahualpaCalchaquiManto VerdeRosaliaSanta Maria'

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Location

Lat / long:

-28.70246, -67.69028

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	El Creston Formation;El Mogote Formation
Host type:	Pyroclastic Rock
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Sericitization, Carbonitization

References

MRDS	AR10042
DEP	10004664
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Sow, Thierno