Mine detail: La Victoria

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Location: San Juan, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -31.08079, -69.66617
dep_id: 10005527
mrds_id: AR16065
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz
alteration: La Resurrecion Erruptive Complex Is Pyritized, Silicified & Sericitized. Fm Chupadero Volcanics Are Metasomatically Altered, With Formation Of Pyrite & Tourmaline
ore_ctrl: E-W Fractures
Reporter: Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Porphyritic Series, Chupadero Formation;La Alumrera Microgranodiorite-Monzonite;La Resurreccion Erruptive Complex Andesite-Dacite-Rhyodacite
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: N-S & E-W Fractures
References:
  • Deposit:: ANGEGILLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, PP. 530-531
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANGELELLI, 1984, P. 531
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