| Lat / long: | -32.41413, -69.09947 |
| Primary: | Copper, Molybdenum, Gold |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Illite, Quartz, Sericite, Serpentine |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1964 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Phyllite,Shale,Siltstone |
| Associated rock: | Cerro Aspero Andesite;Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Andesite;; |
| Associated type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Block-Faulted Mountains; Strongly Folded And Faulted Pal Rocks, Unfolded Fractured Mes Volcanic Flows, Major N-S And Transverse Faults In Cen Which Were Channels For Intrusives, Area Consists Of Remnants Of A Topographic Basin Eroded Towards E., Pronounced Hills In Center. Fault Interpreted From Geophysical Data Strikes Nw |
| Tectonic: | Uspallata Massif |
| Alteration processes: | 2 Major Periods Of Alteration: 1) Assoc. With Explosive Extrusion In Budimera Volcanic Neck And Subsequent Brecciation; 2) More Restricted And Superimposed On First And Assoc. With Cu-Mo Mineralization. |
| MRDS | W002090 |
| DEP | 10068833 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 83-89}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATIONS OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCES OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN, AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 131-153}{Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. I: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, 391 P.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., 1977, PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS UPPER CRETACEOUS, AND MIOCENE PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE ARGENTENIAN ANDES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 1, P. 99-109.}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATIONS & GO* OF ARGENTINA}{Deposit:: SEE U.N., 1968, 1970, REFS} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J. |