Mine detail: Bajo El Durazno

Previously called 'Farallon Negro'

Location:	Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long:	-27.27607, -66.5911
dep_id:	10056526
mrds_id:	TC00564
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Gold
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Potassium-Silicate Altered Zone Surrounded By A Broad Area Of Coeval Prophlitic Alteration. This Was Overprinted By Prograding And Retrograding Phyllic Alteration. Locally Intense Silicification And Silicified And Phyllically Altered Fracture Zones.
Reporter:	Bolm, Karen S., Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Farallon Negro Complex
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	Elongate Ns Trending Tilted Fault Blocks Bounded By Regional High Angle North- To Northeast-Trending Reverse Faults
disc_yr:	1968
References:	Deposit:: ALLISON, A.E., 1986, THE GEOLOGY OF THE BAJO EL DURAZO PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD PROSPECT, CATAMAARCA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA: TUCSON, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MASTERS THESIS, 167 P. 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:: CAELLES, J.C., CLARK, A.H., FARRAR, E., MCBRIDE, S.L., AND QUIRT, S., 1971, POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS IN THE FARALLON NEGRO-CAPILLITOS DISTRICT, CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 66, P. 961-964. Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1977, PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS, UPPER CRETACEOUS, AND MIOCENE PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE ARGENTENIAN ANDES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 1, P. 99-109. Deposit:: ANDELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, V. 1, P. 117 (MAP). Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 15, OCTOBER*3, P. 16. Other Database:: CIMRI