Mine detail: Cordon Del Plata Cu, Pb, Zn Prospects

Previously called 'Describes 4 Prospects: Quebrada Del MedioQuebrada Del Azufre-Arroyo CortaderasQuebrada Del NorteAll Part of Upper Drainage of Rio Santa ClaraArroyo Cuevas'

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.24746, -69.49948

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1964

Production

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

Geology

Structure:	N-Trending Folded And Faulted Ranges East Of Principal Cordillera. Pal Rocks Intruded By Intermediate To Felsic Plutons. Faults Of 5000-M Displacement On Eastern Frontal Cordillera, Host Rocks Folded Along N-S Axes And Faulted. Intense Fracturing And Fault Systems In Complex Porphyritic Bodies. Mo Mineralization Related To E-W Faulting In Arroyo Cuevas
Tectonic:	Frontal Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	W002080
DEP	10068822
Reference	{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 105-114}{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.195-211.}{Deposit:: MINING SECRETARY, 1993, DIRECTORY OF MINING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, P. 223-224.}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P.83-89.}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATIONS OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCES OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN, AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 131-153.}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATION}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B.