Mine detail: Bajo De Agua Tapada

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.33079, -66.83277

Resource(M)

Primary:

Copper, Gold

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Farallon Negro Complex
Host type:	Tuff,Andesite
Associated type:	Dacite,Andesite
Structure:	Major Lineaments With Trends Ranging From N40 To 80w Have Been Reported, Some Of Which Pass Through Other Mineralized Districts When Extended Into Chile, A Strong Nw-Se Structural Control Is Suggested By Orientation Of Dikes, Veins, And Fractures, And By Elongation Directions Of Intrusive Bodies And Alteration Haloes.
Alteration processes:	Centrosymmetric Zones Of Potassic, Phyllic, Silicic, And Propylitic Alteration Mineral Assemblages,

References

MRDS	TC00563
DEP	10097340
Reference	{Deposit:: SUCHOMEL, B.J., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE BAJO DE AGUA TAPADE BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL PROSPECT, CATAMARCA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA: TUCSON, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MASTERS THESIS, 72 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S.