Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Altaite, Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Safflorite, Silver, Skutterudite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Wurtzite
GangueBarite, Biotite, Calcite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone · Negro Peinado Formation
Associated rockRhyodacite · Nunorco Batholith;Patquia Formation;Mogote Complex
AlterationAdularia-Sericite Type, Sericitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1767
Identification
Deposit ID10105336
MRDS IDTC40497
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-29.06412, -67.72445
References
ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. 4, P. 393-704.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.CIMRIANGELELLI (1984).