Description
Worked By Chilean Miners
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formCU MINERALIZATION PRESENT ON TOP OF ANDESITE (VESICULAR OR BRECCIATED HORIZON ) )
Ore controlManto-Type Mineralization Similar To That Commercially Exploited In Chile Part Of Mineralization Is Syngenetic, Some Related To Fissuring
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Prehnite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Evaporite · Detrital-Colluvial Deposits In Tectonic Depressions (Neogene);Sandstone, Conglomerate, Limestone-Mendociano Formation;Marine Fossiliferous Limestone-Tordillense Formation;Sedimentary Clastic Rocks & Mantos Of Porphyritic Andesites (Melaphyre)-Auquilcoense Formation;;;
StructureNorth-Trending Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements, And Plutonic Masses, Rocks Have Been Deformed By Folding And Fractures. Strike Nnw And Dip W. Folding And Fracturing.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera And Batholith
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration. Andesites Alterd With Chlorite, Epidote, Sericite, Calcite, And Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1902-1907, 1914-1919
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10068826
MRDS IDW002084
Alternate namesMinas De Nevarro, Las Cuelvas
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-32.84746, -70.01617
References
ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, P. 53 (SPANISH)UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATION OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCES OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 188-190ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL.1, P. 161.1967 UNITED NATIONS, GOV'T OF ARGENTINASEE UNDP, 1970, REFCIMRI