Mine detail: Bajo De La Alumbrera

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -27.24746, -66.81611

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Discovery year: 1963

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Farallon Negro Complex
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:Farallon Negro Group
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:Well-Developed, Outwardly Concentric Potassic, Phyllic, And Propylitic Alteration Zones

References

MRDSTC00530
DEP10056503
Reference{Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.}{Deposit:: SUCHOMEL, B.J., 1988, LITTLE-EXPLORED AREA OF ARGENTINA SHOWS BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS POTENTIAL: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 40, NO. 8, P. 800-803.}{Deposit:: STULTS, ANDREW, 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE BAJO LA ALUMBRERA PORPHYRY COPPER AND GOLD PROSPECT, CATAMARCA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MS THESIS, 75 P.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1993, IMZ REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT: MINING RECORD, FEBRUARY 10, 1993, P. 47.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, LARGE CORE DRILLING IN ARGENTINA: MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1993, P. 361.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1993B, MUSTO PROVES RESERVES, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE, 1993, V. 320, NO. 8227, P.404.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL, 1972, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF LEAD, 1ST ED., P. 403.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL, 1973, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF LEAD, P. 31.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980, INTERNATIONAL MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, P. 395.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1978, WORLD MINING REVIEW.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1980, WORLD MINING REVIEW.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, OCTOBER*93, P. 16.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY*4, P. 26.}{Deposit:: ....................}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.