Mine detail: Leoncito Cu Prospect

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Location: San Juan, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -32.03079, -69.58282
dep_id: 10068827
mrds_id: W002085
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Malachite
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Intense Fracturing And Hydrothermal Alteration. Kaolinization, Sericitization, Silicification
conc_proc: No Info Available
ore_ctrl: Associated With Intrusive
Reporter: Davidson, Claire B.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Breccia Pipe;Andesite Dikes;Andesite Porphyry;Perm-Tri
arock_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
disc_yr: 1966
discr: United Nations & Go* Of Argentina
References:
  • 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
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