Mine detail: Arroyo La Honda Cu Prospect

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Location: San Juan, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -32.24746, -70.31618
dep_id: 10068816
mrds_id: W002074
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Altered Intrusive Complex Surrounded By Alteration Halo
conc_proc: No Evidence Of Leaching Or Oxidation Probably Result Of Juvenile Type Of Morphology And Rapid Erosion
ore_ctrl: Anomalous Geochemical Values Probably Result Of Presence Of Volcanic Breccia Pipe
Reporter: Davidson, Claire B., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: North-Trending Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Cret-Tert Volcanics And Tuffs Dip 20-45 Deg. West. Fault In Arroyo De La Honda
tectonic: Andean Cordillera And Batholith
disc_yr: 1965
discr: Air Reconnaissance By United Nations And Go* Of Argentina
References:
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 161-162
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATION OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCE OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN, AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 301-302
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 118-119.
  • Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATION
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