| Lat / long: | -32.84746, -70.01617 |
| Primary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Lead, Zinc |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Prehnite, Quartz, Sericite |
| Orebody form: | CU MINERALIZATION PRESENT ON TOP OF ANDESITE (VESICULAR OR BRECCIATED HORIZON ) ) |
| Discovery year: | 1902 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1902-1907, 1914-1919 |
| Host rock: | Detrital-Colluvial Deposits In Tectonic Depressions (Neogene);Sandstone, Conglomerate, Limestone-Mendociano Formation;Marine Fossiliferous Limestone-Tordillense Formation;Sedimentary Clastic Rocks & Mantos Of Porphyritic Andesites (Melaphyre)-Auquilcoense Formation;;; |
| Host type: | Limestone,Evaporite |
| Structure: | North-Trending Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Rocks Have Been Deformed By Folding And Fractures. Strike Nnw And Dip W. Folding And Fracturing. |
| Tectonic: | Andean Cordillera And Batholith |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal Alteration. Andesites Alterd With Chlorite, Epidote, Sericite, Calcite, And Quartz |
| MRDS | W002084 |
| DEP | 10068826 |
| 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. 53 (SPANISH)}{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. 188-190}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL.1, P. 161.}{Deposit:: 1967 UNITED NATIONS, GO* OF ARGENTINA}{Deposit:: SEE UNDP, 1970, REF}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Venable, Margaret |