Mine detail: Peregrina Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.06412, -67.72445

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Acanthite, Altaite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Safflorite, Silver, Skutterudite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Wurtzite
Gangue:	Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Discovery year:	1767

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Negro Peinado Formation
Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Nunorco Batholith;Patquia Formation;Mogote Complex
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Alteration processes:	Adularia-Sericite Type, Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	TC40497
DEP	10105336
Reference	{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. 4, P. 393-704.}{Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 32, P. 667-679.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ANGELELLI (1984).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.