Mine detail: El Pararrayos Mine

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Location: La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -29.00439, -67.60362
dep_id: 10004668
mrds_id: AR10047
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Negro Peinado Formation;Nunorco Formation
hrock_type: Phyllite,Schist
arock_type: Granite
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 P. 148. JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, PP. 80-81
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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