| Lat / long: | -29.04162, -67.7914 |
| Primary: | Copper, Silver |
| Secondary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Gold, Goslarite, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tennantite |
| Gangue: | Alunite, Barite, Gypsum |
| Orebody form: | SUBPARALLEL |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1905 |
| Host rock: | Negro Peinado Formation |
| Host type: | Schist,Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated rock: | Mogote Complex;Nonorco Batholoth |
| Associated type: | Rhyodacite |
| Structure: | North-Trending Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Pal Rocks Dip Se. Characterized By Mineralized Faults, Brecciation, Post Mineral Shearing Of Wall Rock |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal Alteration, Seritization, Silicification, And Pyritization Of Wall Rock |
| MRDS | W002082 |
| DEP | 10068824 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, P. 51. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: HOSKOLD, H.D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES, NATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474 P.}{Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967 INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA: SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA.}{Deposit:: DE ALBA, E., 1053, DNGM; BOL. 82, (MAP).}{Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE-BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, V. 32, P. 667-679.}{Production:: ANGELELLI (1984)} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Sow, Thierno (Page, Norman J.) |