| Location: | San Juan, Argentina, South America |
| Lat / long: | -30.83635, -69.60061 |
| dep_id: | 10005549 |
| mrds_id: | AR16091 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Bismuth, Copper, Silver |
| Minor mineral: | Tin, Gold, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Beudantite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Conichalcite, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Gold, Olivenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Chlorite, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline |
| orebody_fm: | VERTICAL, COLUMNAR BODY WITH ELLIPTICAL PLAN |
| alteration: | Quartz-Tourmaline-Apatite-Sericite |
| conc_proc: | Oxidation To About 35 M Below Surface With Gradation To Hypogene Beginning About 15 M Below Surface. |
| Reporter: | Venable, Margaret, Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| arock_unit: | Amancay Granodiorite;Amancay Granodiorite;Chorillos Granodiorite |
| arock_type: | Diorite,Slate,Quartzite,Siltstone |
| Structure: | Beds Strike N-S, Dip From 45 To Vertical |
| Year first produced: | 1941 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1945 |
| prod_yrs: | 1941 UP TO 1980 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGETINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, PP. 102-103.
- Deposit:: MINING SECRETARY, 1993, DIRECTORY OF MINING & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SERVICES, P. 336.
- Deposit:: LLAMBIAS, E.J., AND MALVICINI, L., 1969, THE GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE BI-CU MINERALIZED BRECCIA-PIPE, SAN FRANCISCO DE LOS ANDES, SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 64, NO. 3, P. 271-286.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: (1&2) ANGELELLI, 1984, P. 103; 3) MINING SECRETARY 1993, P. 336; (4) LLAMBIAS AND MALVIVINI (1969).
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