San Luis
Occurrence

Las Aquilas Este

San Luis, Argentina
CopperNickelGoldCobaltPGE
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryGold, Cobalt, PGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBravoite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cubanite, Digenite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Goethite, Graphite, Hematite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite
Associated rockGneiss
AlterationDevelopment Of Chlorite, Tremolite, Calcite, Quartz Veins And Replacement
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10061559
MRDS IDTC34472
Alternate namesViroroco, Las Aguilas
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-33.09745, -66.09938
References
MALVICINI, L., AND BROGIONI, N., 1993, EL YACIMIENTO HIDROTERMAL DE NIQUEL, COBRE Y METALES DEL "GRUPO DEL PLATINO", LAS AQUILAS ESTE, PROV. DE SAN LUIS, ARGENTINA.ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. I, P. 388-390.GERVILLA, F., FENOLL HACH-ALI, P., ACEVEDO, R.D., CARRILLO, R., AND SABALUA, S., 1994, MINERALES DE PD, PT, Y AU DEL YACIMIENTO DE NI-CU DE LAS AGUILAS (PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS), IN II JORNADA DE MINERALOGIA, PERTOGRAFIA Y METALLOGENESIS DE ROCAS ULTRABASICAS, LA PLATA, 6 DE JULIO DE 1994, EDS. M.K. BRODTKORB AND I.B. SCHALAMUK, INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA, PUBLICACION NO. 3, P. 517-521.CIMRIANGELELLI (1984); GERVILLA AND OTHERS (1994)