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Paramillos de Uspallata, Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina

Pb-Zn-Ag-bearing hydrothermal veins peripheral to a copper porphyry. Mining started in 1622, and ended around 1980. Includes the Tajo vein.




References:
- Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Anglesite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Delafossite
Epidote
Galena
Gold
Goslarite
Gratonite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Jarosite
Jordanite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite


63 entries listed. 44 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Argentina
 
  • Mendoza
    • Uspallata
      • Paramillos de Uspallata

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