Mine detail: Salamanca Group

Previously called 'ArgentinaChileLa IndioLa RicaLa Salamanca 1 and 2Luisa.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.28079, -69.54948

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt, Nickel, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Silver, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Quartz, Serpentine, Talc
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1852

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1969-1973
First production started:	1969
Last production ended:	1973

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	N-Ne Faults And 1 * Of Meters Of Sheer Zone, Steep Ne Plunging Folds In Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Talc Development Of Serpentine, Talc, Actinolite, Carbonate Minerals In Ultramafic; In Metasediments Sericite, Carbonate

References

MRDS	TC00597
DEP	10056552
Reference	{Deposit:: DIRECTION NACIONAL DE MINERA Y GEOLOGICA, 1991, REPORT ON THE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES}{Deposit:: ANGELLI, VICTORIA,1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. I,: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CINTIFICIAS, P. 163-166.}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ANGELLI (1984).}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S. (Kibbe,R.D.), Page, Norman J.