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Salamanca Group

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056552
MRDS ID TC00597
Record type Site
Current site name Salamanca Group
Alternate or previous names Argentina, Chile, La Indio, La Rica, La Salamanca 1 and 2, Luisa.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.54948, -33.28079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Relative position 80 KM SOUTHWEST OF MENDOZA, 40 KM WEST-NORTHWEST OF TUPUNGATO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE. FOOTHILLS OF PORTILLO RANGE. SOUTH OF RIO LAS TUNAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES HAVE MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED TEXTURES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Talc Development Of Serpentine, Talc, Actinolite, Carbonate Minerals In Ultramafic; In Metasediments Sericite, Carbonate

Analytical data

Result 9.18% CU, 4.29% ZN, 0.5 G/MT AU, 0.2% NI, 0.05% CO, FE 36.56%, 12 G/MT AG, S 26.85%, MGO 8.35%, SIO2 6.1%, INS. 6.2%. AVERAGE GRADE OF SALAMANCA= 6.84% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.54948, -33.28079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Ne Faults And 10'S Of Meters Of Sheer Zone, Steep Ne Plunging Folds In Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip 70-80 TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE WITH SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS SEPARATING QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHISTS FROM QUARTZ SCHISTS AND AMPHIBOLITES; FOLIATION NE, 70-90 DEGREE DIPS; GARNET GRADE ROCKS; CUT BY OPLITIC DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS. ULTRAMAFIC BODY WAS EMPLACED BEFORE FOLDING AND METAMORPHISM, FAULT ZONE MAY REPRESENT AN OLD SUTURE ZONE. YOUNGER GRANITIC INTRUSION OCCURS 2-4 KM EAST OF THE MINE. ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX PROBABLY PART OF AN OPHIOLITE. OXIDATION/ 1-15 M ZONE OF OXIDATION, SURFACE GROSSAN MAY HAVE BEEN 70 M LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1852
Year of first production 1969
Year of last production 1973
Production years 1969-1973

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 31500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 6.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Total resources 31500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 6.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1949

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VISIT BY PAGE IN MAY 1993 SUGGESTS ALL THE RESERVES WERE MINED OUT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 1828.8M

Comments on development

  • 1946-1948 BY FABRICACIONES MILITARES - GEOPHYSICAL RECONNAISSSANCE AND DRILLED 12 HOLES ; TOTAL$: 0.2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTION NACIONAL DE MINERA Y GEOLOGICA, 1991, REPORT ON THE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES

  • Deposit

    ANGELLI, VICTORIA,1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. I,: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CINTIFICIAS, P. 163-166.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELLI (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BODIES OF SERPENTINE: ONE SMALL , THE OTHER 900 M X 110 M; SALAMANCA TRENDS NNE, DIPS 45 W, AND AT DEPTH 80 W IS 250 M BY 1 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Bolm, Karen S. (Kibbe,R.D.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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