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Paramillos Norte Cu Prospect

Prospect in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068833
MRDS ID W002090
Record type Site
Current site name Paramillos Norte Cu Prospect
Related records 10104308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.09947, -32.41413 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 57 KM DIRECT LINE NW OF MENDOZA, 40 KM NE OF USPALLATA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Delafossite Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) 2 Major Periods Of Alteration: 1) Assoc. With Explosive Extrusion In Budimera Volcanic Neck And Subsequent Brecciation; 2) More Restricted And Superimposed On First And Assoc. With Cu-Mo Mineralization.

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE CU MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND IN SEVERAL DRILL HOLES
Result BEST HOLE HAD 1.86% CU AND 0.07% MO OVER 155 FT.

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Cerro Aspero Andesite;Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Andesite;;
    Rock description Cerro Aspero Andesite;Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Breccia;Pre-Budinera Andesite;;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.09947, -32.41413
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block-Faulted Mountains; Strongly Folded And Faulted Pal Rocks, Unfolded Fractured Mes Volcanic Flows, Major N-S And Transverse Faults In Cen Which Were Channels For Intrusives
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Consists Of Remnants Of A Topographic Basin Eroded Towards E., Pronounced Hills In Center. Fault Interpreted From Geophysical Data Strikes Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusion-Extrusion Of Tertiary Andesite-Andelatite In Pre-Existing Lines Of Weakness Reactivated During Tertiary As N-S Fractures And A Second Set Of E-W Ones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SUPAMO COMPLEX DOES NOT HAVE AN EVIDENT RELATION TO THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer United Nations & Gov'T Of Argentina

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Argentina; 4 Sq Km By Provincial Government; 0.35 Km By Minera Cordillarana, S. A.

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MINERVEN WILL PRODUCE MORE THAN 3,000 KG OF AU A YEAR. AU FOR 1871-1800 IS 30 MILLION DOLLARS CALCULATED TO OZ USING $20.67 PER OZ.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES COULD SURPASS 5 MILLION MT.

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: FIRST DISCOVERED IN ALLUVIAL PLACERS, WHICH LATER LEAD TO VEINS OF EL CALLAO REGION. MINISTERIO DE MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS HAS BEEN DOING EXPLORATION SINCE 1959. ; MILL.CAP: 700 T/D ; ECON.COM: ALL UNDERGROUND MINING CLOSED IN 1965, REOPENED IN ABOUT 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1968, MINERAL SURVEY IN THE ANDEAN CORDILLERA, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 83-89

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1970, INVESTIGATIONS OF PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE PROVINCES OF MENDOZA, NEUQUEN, AND SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 131-153

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. I: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, 391 P.

  • Deposit

    SILLITOE, R.H., 1977, PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS UPPER CRETACEOUS, AND MIOCENE PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN THE ARGENTENIAN ANDES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 1, P. 99-109.

  • Deposit

    1966 DIREXPL UNITED NATIONS & GOV'T OF ARGENTINA

  • Deposit

    SEE U.N., 1968, 1970, REFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORE THAN 250 MINERALIZED ZONES. ORE PRESENT IN 3 FORMS: 1) MASSIVE GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS, 2) VEINS OF QUARTZ WITH GOLD-BEARING PYRITE, 3) GOLD IN PYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH META-LAVAS AND SHEAR ZONES IN THE FORM OF IRREGULAR VEINLETS OF GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ. IN GENERAL, GOLD-BEARING VEINS HAVE A LOW GRADE BELOW 200 M DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Davidson, Claire B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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