Mine detail: La Encrucijada Mine

Location:	La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long:	-28.98634, -67.69973
dep_id:	10004669
mrds_id:	AR10049
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
gangue:	Quartz
Reporter:	Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Negro Peinado Formation
hrock_type:	Phyllite,Schist
arock_unit:	Nunorco Batholith
arock_type:	Granite
References:	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