| Lat / long: | -34.5808, -68.83278 |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Hematite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | DACITE STOCK IS ROUGHLY OVAL |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Sedimentary Rocks;Metasedimentary Rocks |
| Host type: | Dacite |
| Associated rock: | Quartz Intrusive (Plug) In Dacitic Porphyry;Dacitic Porphyry;Tuffs |
| Associated type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Dacite |
| 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, Dacitic Porphyry Intrudes Older Rocks & Is Cut By Small Nnw & Nne-Striking Basalt Dikes Faults And Fractures Of Quartz-Calcite Veinlets Are In Area. In Center Of Dacitic Porphyry Is Intrusive Plug Of Massive Barren Quartz, 200 M N-S, 60 M Across, Which Dominates Relief |
| Tectonic: | Frontal Cordillera |
| Alteration processes: | Bleached Zone 200 X 500 M Around Quartz Plug. Hydrothermal Alteration Of Dacitic Porphyry Evidenced By Bleaching And Leaching. Process Probably Accompanied By Direct Magmatic Activity Of Late Residual Fluids Injected Into Rock. Zone Of Silicification Mapped. |
| MRDS | W002081 |
| DEP | 10068823 |
| 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. 238-244.}{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. 238-244.}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATIONS, GO* OF ARGENTIN} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B. |