Mine detail: Bajo De La Alumbrera

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Location:	Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long:	-27.24746, -66.81611
dep_id:	10056503
mrds_id:	TC00530
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Well-Developed, Outwardly Concentric Potassic, Phyllic, And Propylitic Alteration Zones
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Farallon Negro Complex
hrock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit:	Farallon Negro Group
arock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
disc_yr:	1963
discr:	A.M. Mazzetti And R.G. Sister
References:	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, OCTOBER93, P. 16. Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY4, P. 26. Deposit:: .................... Other Database:: CIMRI