Mine detail: Leoncito Cu Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.03079, -69.58282

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1966

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Breccia Pipe;Andesite Dikes;Andesite Porphyry;Perm-Tri
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Series Of Fault Blocks, Descending East To West, Nnw-Trending Anticline, Subsidiary Folding On Limbs. 2 Sets Of Faults Strike Nnw And N-S. Intrusive Activity On Eastern Limb Of Anticline
Tectonic:	Frontal Cordillera, Uspallata Graben To East
Alteration processes:	Intense Fracturing And Hydrothermal Alteration. Kaolinization, Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	W002085
DEP	10068827
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. 291-29}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATIONS, GO * OF ARGENTINA}{Deposit:: SEE UNDP, 1970, REF}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B.