Mine detail: Alto De La Blenda

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -27.31413, -66.68276
dep_id: 10084791
mrds_id: W700000
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Manganese, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Manganite, Polybasite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite,Basalt
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 16-17.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.
  • Deposit:: WORLD BANK (1993) UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENT
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1993, HIGH HOPES IN ARGENTINA: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 5, 1993, V. 321, P. 318.
  • 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 DE ARGENTINA, VOL. II: COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, P. 393-704.
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