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Nevados de Famatina Cu-Au deposit (La Estrechura), La Mejicana District, Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina

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Nevados de Famatina Cu-Au deposit, La Mejicana District, Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina

Photo: CMenor 2010
Latitude: 29°0'S
Longitude: 67°45'W
Porphyry style and high sulphidation epithermal vein type gold-copper mineralizations, associated with dacitic volcanics hosted in Miocene shales of the Negro Peinado and Mogotes Formations. Includes the La Mejicana mine, Upulungus mine, and diverse other prospects and adits. Most important veins are the San Pedro and the Upulungus.

Mineral List

Acanthite
Alunite
Anhydrite
Baryte
'Biotite'
Bornite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Colusite
Covellite
Enargite
Famatinite
Fibroferrite
Galena
Gold
Goldfieldite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hessite
Idaite
Illite
Kaolinite
Luzonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mawsonite
'Melnikovite'
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pearceite
Polybasite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Stützite
Svanbergite
Sylvanite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
Uytenbogaardtite
'Wolframite'
Zunyite


49 entries listed. 44 valid minerals.

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References

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Map, and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 05-1060.

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