Mine detail: La Victoria

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.08079, -69.66617

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Porphyritic Series, Chupadero Formation;La Alumrera Microgranodiorite-Monzonite;La Resurreccion Erruptive Complex Andesite-Dacite-Rhyodacite
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	N-S & E-W Fractures
Alteration processes:	La Resurrecion Erruptive Complex Is Pyritized, Silicified & Sericitized. Fm Chupadero Volcanics Are Metasomatically Altered, With Formation Of Pyrite & Tourmaline

References

MRDS	AR16065
DEP	10005527
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Venable, Margaret