Mine detail: Las Cuevas Cu Prospect, San Jose, Catalina

Previously called 'Minas De NevarroLas Cuelvas'

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.84746, -70.01617

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1902-1907, 1914-1919

Geology

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

References

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