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Bornite from
Agua Rica Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Agua Rica Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:149673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:149673:4
GUID (UUID V4):a2ec6f86-af66-4963-8aed-0d56c76ffe81
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
6.4km (4.0 miles) Filo Colorado Cu-Mo deposit, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
11.2km (7.0 miles) La Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
29.9km (18.6 miles) Bajo El Durazno Cu deposit, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Breccia-Hosted Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit at Agua Rica, Argentina: Progressive Unroofing of a Magmatic Hydrothermal... Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of... Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of...Detailed geologic mapping has been used to show that Agua Rica is a porphyry-style Cu-Mo-Au deposit that was...Negro Volcanic Complex in northwestern Argentina. The Agua Rica deposit lies next to the contact between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CAPILLITAS, CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE WERNER H. PAAR§ Department of Geography...Bern, Switzerland DAN TOPA AND GEORG ZAGLER Department of Geography, Geology and Mineralogy, University...Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The Capillitas diatreme...porphyry Cu–Au deposits (Bajo de la Alumbrera, Agua Rica) and genetically related epithermal vein-type...assemblage that contains putzite is composed of bornite, chalcocite, sphalerite, tennantite, wittichenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
epithermal transition in the Agua Rica polymetallic deposit, Catamarca, Argentina: An integrated petrologic...del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, (8300) Neuquén, Argentina Centro Patagónico de Estudios Metalogenéticos...Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, (8300) Neuquén, Argentina Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick... Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Cu–Mo–Au–Zn–Pb High sulfidation Neogene Argentina a b s t r a c t Agua Rica (27°26′S–66°16′O) is a world class
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Agua Rica prospect, Catamarca Province, Argentina: an example of deposit evaluation based on net smelter...the author visited the Agua Rica copper– gold–molybdenum prospect in Argentina. Exploration data had been...setting of Agua Rica mineralization The Agua Rica prospect is situated in the Catamarca Province, northwest...northwest Argentina, some 30 km north of the small town of Andalgalá (and 35 km east of the recently commissioned...la Alumbrera copper–gold mine (Fig. 1). Fig. 2 View of prospect of Agua Rica is illustrated in Fig.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SULFIDE MINERAL SPECIES FROM CAPILLITAS, CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA: DESCRIPTION, PARAGENESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE...STRUCTURE HUBERT PUTZ§, WERNER H. PAAR AND DAN TOPA Department of Material Science (Mineralogy), University...Catamarcaite, ideally Cu6GeWS8, was discovered in bornite-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein...epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The new mineral is associated with bornite, digenite, chalcocite...rim lining cavities and fractures in chalcocite–bornite ore, and as aggregates, up to 1 mm in size, composed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stannoidite, a new mineral species from Capillitas, Argentina LUCA BINDI1,2,*, HUBERT PUTZ3, WERNER H. PAAR4...the Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The mineral is associated closely with...(putzite, catamarcaite, rarely zincobriartite) and bornite, chalcocite, digenite, covellite, sphalerite, tennantite...his numerous contributions to the geology of Argentina. K E Y WO R D S : omariniite, new mineral species...Rosario vein, Capillitas district, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Introduction OMARINIITE is one of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bajo de la alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: Genetic constraints on ore...bajo de la alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: Genetic constraints on ore...Bajo de la Alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: genetic constraints on ore...deposits occur in the northwest region of TE Argentina, part of the Central Andes. This paper provides...CE P these deposits, Bajo de la Alumbrera and Agua Rica, the latter having an epithermal overprint event
Book
Discovery of the Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit,Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...a deposit, but rather the engineering ability to mine on a large scale at low cost, and simultaneously...f southern Russia. Further east a metallogenic province embracing early to mid Mesozoic deposits runs...the younger Cu-Au rich porphyries o f western Argentina. In addition, there are intervals in which particular...Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Chile Argentina Argentina ('u-Au Cu Cu-Mo Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu Cu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper-typedepositlocatedin northwesternArgentina in the province of Catamarca. It was investigatedby Cities Service Minerals...tionphaseaccompanied by pyrite- chalcopyrite-bornite-molybdenite-magnetite mineralization. A volcanicevent...pulsewith a very unusualassemblage: pyr[te-covellite-bornite-enargite-molybdenite-sphalerite-galena-marcasit...southern and highest hills of the provinceof Catamarca, in the .districtof Andalgal/t AconquijaRange...AconquijaRange,whosetopmostpeakis N,evadodel in n.orthwest Argentina. Geographical coordinatesCandado,5,450m above
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit at Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina THOMAS ULRICH,†,* ETH Zürich, Isotope Geochemistry...porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwestern Argentina. The deposit occurs in the K-rich calc-alkaline...composite gold sulfide grains (chalcopyrite, rarely bornite), show a close correlation of ore grades in sample...and have a closely overlapping distribution on the mine scale. A well-developed ore shell coincides with...zonation, Bajo de la Alumbrera in northwestern Argentina has been regarded as a textbook example, as is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit at Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina THOMAS ULRICH,†,* ETH Zürich, Isotope Geochemistry...porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwestern Argentina. The deposit occurs in the K-rich calc-alkaline...composite gold sulfide grains (chalcopyrite, rarely bornite), show a close correlation of ore grades in sample...and have a closely overlapping distribution on the mine scale. A well-developed ore shell coincides with...zonation, Bajo de la Alumbrera in northwestern Argentina has been regarded as a textbook example, as is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE OF THE ALTAR Cu-Au DEPOSIT, ARGENTINA: CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PORPHYRY-EPITHERMAL...del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina, and Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional...Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina Marta FRANCHINI CONICET; Departamento de Geología...Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina David LENTZ Department of Earth Sciences, University of New...Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina Christopher MCFARLANE Department of Earth Sciences, University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Epithermal Transition in the Altar Cu-(Au-Mo) Deposit, Argentina, Studied by Cathodoluminescence, LA-ICP-MS, and...Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina 2 Centro Patagónico de Estudios Metalogenéticos-CONICET...Nacional de Río Negro, Av. Roca 1242, 8332 Roca, Argentina 3 Departamento de Geología y Petróleo, Facultad...Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina 4 Department 5 Department of Earth Sciences, University of...Peregrine Argentina S.A, Santa Fe (Oeste) 117, Piso 5, Edificio Derby, Ciudad San Juan, Argentina Abstract
Book (edition)
Chile Las Condes, Santiago Chile David I. Groves Department of Geology and Geophysics, Centre for Exploration...Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of...Edition incorporates new data and references from Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Iran and the USA, including.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting.... . . . 6.4.1 Agua Rica Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C O NNOISSEUR'SCHOICE ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...periods when some chance discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite...& Minerals, is a professor of geology in the Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University...chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs after covellite...copper minerals from such localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina María Florencia MÁRQUEZ-ZAVALÍA1,2*, Anna VYMAZALOVÁ3...s/n, Parque San Martin, CC330, (5500) Mendoza, Argentina; mzavalia@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar Mineralogía y...Cuyo, Centro Universitario (5502) Mendoza, Argentina Department of Rock Geochemistry, Czech Geological Survey...Capillitas mine, an epithermal precious- and base-metal vein deposit located in northern Argentina. Capillitas...These include two world-class (La Alumbrera and Agua Rica) and some smaller (e.g., Bajo El Durazno) porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn)S, A NEW MINERAL FROM THE CAPILLITAS MINE, NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA MARÍA FLORENCIA MÁRQUEZ-ZAVALÍA§ IANIGLA...Parque Gral. San Martin, CC330, (5500) Mendoza, Argentina Mineralogía y Petrología, FAD, Universidad Nacional...de Cuyo, Centro Universitario (5502) Mendoza, Argentina MIGUEL ÁNGEL GALLISKI IANIGLA, CCT-Mendoza (CONICET)...Parque Gral. San Martin, CC330, (5500) Mendoza, Argentina MILAN DRÁBEK AND ANNA VYMAZALOVÁ Czech Geological...discovered at the Nueva Esperanza vein, Capillitas mine (27º20´43″ S, 66º23´17″ W, 3290 m osl) an epithermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PORPHYRY-EPITHERMAL SYSTEM Panagiotis C. VOUDOURIS§ Department of Mineralogy-Petrology, University of Athens...Athens, 15784, Greece Vasilios MELFOS Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Aristotle...Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece Paul G. SPRY Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, 253 Science...and M-type veins is spatially associated with bornite and chalcopyrite, whereas tellurides (cuprian hessite...area may represent a new Au-Re-Te metallogenetic province. Keywords: Porphyry, epithermal, vapor, hypersaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS OF THE “LA CAROLINA” DISTRICT, SAN LUIS (ARGENTINA). Gallard-Esquivel M.C.1, Cepedal A.2, Fuertes-Fuente...A.2 1 Department of Geology, University National of San Luis-CONICET, Argentina 2 Department of Geology...district, in the San Luis metallogenetic belt (Argentina), are spatially and genetically related to Mio-Pliocene...27º00´-33º30´ segment in the central Andes of Argentina records a Miocene-Pliocene magmatic episode related...Bajo de la Alumbrera (e.g. Proffett, 2004) and Agua Rica (e.g. Landtwing et al., 2002; Franchini et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcopyrite or bornite. Primary magma source probably contributes to metal endowment on the province scale and...go.jp H. Murakami : J. H. Seo : C. A. Heinrich Department of Earth Sciences, Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral...enrichment in primary auriferous Cu–sulfides such as bornite (Simon et al. 2000; Kesler et al. 2002). Previous...(Babine Lake) Ely Bingham Recsk Tongchang (Dexing) Agua Rica (Mi Vida) 1,265 650 449 400 293 CL CL CL BG...10 28 10 29 10, 20 30 Reference d c b a Bornite content in Cu-sulfide minerals: +++ major (ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
José Verdugo 3 and Claudio Martínez 3 1 2 3 * Department of Geology and Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence...microscope (FESEM) observations of chalcopyrite and bornite from the potassic alteration zone reveal the presence...shown that Au is preferentially incorporated into bornite and chalcopyrite within potassic alteration zones...reaching ~2–4 ppm in chalcopyrite and ~80–364 ppm in bornite [7,25]. Silver, on the other hand, has been reported...to reach up to hundreds or thousands of ppm in bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite in porphyry-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
°C for 48 h, the polycrystalline marcasite (Elmo mine, Shullsburg, Wisconsin) was completely transformed...orthopyroxene (Milke et al. 2013). In sulfide reactions, a bornite–digenite solid solution (bdss), produced from hydrothermal...producing bornite and digenite with lamella microstructure (Zhao et al. 2017). The coarsening of bornite and...hydrothermal breccias, as exemplified by the Agua Rica deposit in Argentina (Franchini et al. 2015) (Fig. 15a)...cease of hydrothermal activity ~ 5 Ma ago in Agua Rica (Landtwing et al. 2002), due to the slow transformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic Belt in the Sierras Pampeanas of San Luis, Argentina a b N. P. Urbina , P. Sruoga & L. Malvicini...Av. Ejército de los Andes 950, San Luis, 5700, Argentina b CONICET , Secretaría de Minería , Av. J. A...A. Roca 651, Capital Federal, 1322, Argentina Published online: 06 Jul 2010. To cite this article: N...Volcanic Belt in the Sierras Pampeanas of San Luis, Argentina, International Geology Review, 39:4, 287-306,...Av. Ejército de los Andes 950, 5700 San Luis, Argentina P. SRUOGA, AND L. MALVICINI CONICET, Secretaría
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry gold deposit in the Southern Puna plateau, Argentina Valeria Simón, Marcelo Arnosio, Robert B. Trumbull...porphyry gold deposit in the Southern Puna plateau, Argentina, Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2020)...gold deposit in the 2 Southern Puna plateau, Argentina 3 VALERIA SIMÓN1,*, MARCELO ARNOSIO1, ROBERT..., Av. Reyes Católicos 1224, Salta (CP 4400), Argentina * corresponding author: simon.valeria.ester@gmail...UNSa-CONICET), Av. 9 de Julio 14, A4405BBA, Salta, Argentina German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, Telegrafenberg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
de la Alumbrera Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Argentina JOHN M. PROFFETT† P. O. Box 772066, Eagle River...Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Argentina, is in the eastern Andes, near the north edge...destructive or chloritic alteration, Cu minerals are bornite and chalcopyrite, coexisting with magnetite. Barren...temperatures and magmatic fluids, and the assemblage bornite-chalcopyrite-magnetite indicates a relatively low... chloritization of mafics, and sulfidation of bornite-chalcopyrite-magnetite to chalcopyrite-pyrite ±
 
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