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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

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
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
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Scheelite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite


52 entries listed. 44 valid minerals.

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