Mine detail: La Encrucijada Mine

Previously called 'CalderaSan Isidro'

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Location

Lat / long: -28.98634, -67.69973

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Negro Peinado Formation
Host type:Phyllite,Schist
Associated rock:Nunorco Batholith
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSAR10049
DEP10004669
Reference{Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA.}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I P. 147.}{Deposit:: JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, P. 81.}{Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 32, P. 667-679.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterSow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.