Mine detail: Bajo El Durazno

Previously called 'Farallon Negro'

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.27607, -66.5911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Silver
Discovery year:	1968

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Farallon Negro Complex
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Elongate Ns Trending Tilted Fault Blocks Bounded By Regional High Angle North- To Northeast-Trending Reverse Faults
Alteration processes:	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.

References

MRDS	TC00564
DEP	10056526
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S., Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.