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Bajo De Agua Tapada

Prospect in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097340
MRDS ID TC00563
Record type Site
Current site name Bajo De Agua Tapada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.83277, -27.33079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Relative position 90 KM NORTH OF BELEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • ON GRAVEL ROAD WHICH SERVES THE FARALLON NEGRO MINING CAMP. THIS ROAD CONNECTS WITH NATIONAL ROUTE 40.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Centrosymmetric Zones Of Potassic, Phyllic, Silicic, And Propylitic Alteration Mineral Assemblages,

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Farallon Negro Complex
    Rock description Farallon Negro Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.83277, -27.33079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Lineaments With Trends Ranging From N40 To 80w Have Been Reported, Some Of Which Pass Through Other Mineralized Districts When Extended Into Chile
Type of structure Local
Structure description 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farallon Negro District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yacimientos Mineros De Aguas De Dionisio (YMAD)
    Home office Av. Cordoba 2080, Buenos Aires. Tel. 48-6894

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND PROSPECT PITS DATING FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. IN 1948 THE GEOLOGIC INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AT TUCUMAN ESTABLISHED A MINE, MILL, AND LABORATORY, BUT THE MINE WAS NON-PRODUCTIVE. YMAD AND FABRICACIONES MILITARES DRILLED 11 SHALLOW HOLES IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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