Mine detail: Cerro Mercedario Cu Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.96413, -70.03283

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1966

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Glacial Sediment
Structure:	North-Trending Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements And Plutonic Masses, No Data Available
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Transported Rocks Show Signs Of Hydrothermal Alteration, In Order Of Importance: Silicification, Sericitization, Argillitization, Chloritization, Epidotization

References

MRDS	W002078
DEP	10068820
Reference	{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATION OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCES OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN, AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 294-297}{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:: 1966 GEOCHEM UNITED NATIONS & GO * OF ARGENTINA}{Deposit:: SEE UNDP, 1970, REF}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Davidson, Claire B., Bolm, Karen S.