Catamarca
Prospect

Bajo De Agua Tapada

Catamarca, Argentina
CopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockTuff,Andesite · Farallon Negro Complex
Associated rockDacite,Andesite
StructureMajor 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.
AlterationCentrosymmetric Zones Of Potassic, Phyllic, Silicic, And Propylitic Alteration Mineral Assemblages,
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10097340
MRDS IDTC00563
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.33079, -66.83277
References
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 PCIMRI