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Digenite from
Bajo de la Alumbrera Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite5 photos of Digenite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Digenite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Dickite1 photo of Digenite associated with Dickite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bajo de la Alumbrera Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:617727
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617727:0
GUID (UUID V4):f62af0c3-af47-46d2-8459-1ded79a6c646
Nearest other occurrences of Digenite
4.3km (2.7 miles) La Blende deposit, Hualfín, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
21.4km (13.3 miles) Nueva Esperanza vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
21.8km (13.6 miles) La Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
21.8km (13.6 miles) Restauradora vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
32.8km (20.4 miles) Agua Rica Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...is host to large porphyry Cu–Au deposits (Bajo de la Alumbrera, Agua Rica) and genetically related epithermal...discovered the new species during field work in Catamarca, for his significant contribution to the mineralogy
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...Farallón Negro Volcanic Complex in northwestern Argentina. The Agua Rica deposit lies next to the contact...ch *Present address: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition in the Agua Rica polymetallic deposit, Catamarca, Argentina: An integrated petrologic analysis of ore... Abel Isidoro Schalamuk a, e a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad...(8300) Neuquén, Argentina Centro Patagónico de Estudios Metalogenéticos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad...Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, (8300) Neuquén, Argentina Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick...Instituto de Recursos Minerales, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate–base metal–gold vein system: Alto de la Blenda, Farallón Negro, Argentina M. Florencia Márquez-Zavalía 1...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Abstract Alto de la Blenda is a ∼6.6-Ma intermediatesulphidation epithermal...hosts the 7.1-Ma porphyry– Cu–Au deposit of Bajo de la Alumbrera. The epithermal vein system is characterised...emplacement at Bajo de la Alumbrera, which is in turn cut by minor epithermal veins. The Alto de la Blenda vein...330, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina 2 Mineralogía y Petrología, FAD, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Centro Universitario
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...dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The new mineral...mineral is associated with bornite, digenite, chalcocite, covellite, sphalerite, hübnerite, luzonite, wittichenite...to subhedral, intensely twinned grains within digenite – chalcocite – sphalerite ore. The mineral is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stannoidite, a new mineral species from Capillitas, Argentina LUCA BINDI1,2,*, HUBERT PUTZ3, WERNER H. PAAR4...Dipartimento di Science de la Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via G. La Pira, 4, I-50121 Firenze...Geoscienze e Georisorse, Sezione di Firenze, Via G. La Pira 4, I-50121 Firenze, Italy Friedl ZT GmbH Rohstoff-...near the La Rosario vein of the Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The mineral...rarely zincobriartite) and bornite, chalcocite, digenite, covellite, sphalerite, tennantite, luzonite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Agua Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal Deposit, NW Argentina Maurício L. Borba, Colombo C. G. Tassinari, Jason...Agua Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal Deposit, NW Argentina, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi: https://doi...Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal 3 Deposit, NW Argentina 4 Maurício L. Borba¹, Colombo C. G. Tassinari¹...Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05508- 6 080 7 ²Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson...Deposit is located in northwestern Argentina, in Catamarca 41 Province, between latitudes 27° 10′ S and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1535–1574 Geology of the Bajo de la Alumbrera Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Argentina JOHN M. PROFFETT† P...Alaska 99577 Abstract The Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Argentina, is in the eastern Andes...overlie a low-angle segment of the subduction zone. Alumbrera, now above the transition from steep to flat subduction...deposited with P2 porphyry. The youngest features at Alumbrera include small postore normal faults, gypsum veins...enrichment. Introduction BAJO DE LA ALUMBRERA (referred to as “Alumbrera” here for brevity) is a major
Report (issue)
Copper Deposits Open-File Report 2008–1321 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Preliminary...2008–1321 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior DIRK...Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in Indonesia, and Bingham...early-stage veins contain bornite, digenite, and chalcocite wherein digenite occurs as exsolution lamellae...in the bornite and chalcocite rims the bornite-digenite grains. Crosscutting veins contain chalcopyrite
Book (edition)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23051-1 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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting.... . . . 6.4.1 Bajo de La Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . 6.4.2 Bingham...8.5 Shoshonitic Lamprophyres from the Superior Province, Canada (Archean) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
Australia Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics Nedlands, W.A. 6907...Australia The cover shows an overview of the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit before the...Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at The University of...Igneous Rocks from the Five Tectonic Settings Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting...Associations. Bajo de la Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . Bingham Copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
San Luis, Argentina a b N. P. Urbina , P. Sruoga & L. Malvicini b a Universidad Nacional de San Luis..., Av. Ejército de los Andes 950, San Luis, 5700, Argentina b CONICET , Secretaría de Minería , Av. J...J. A. Roca 651, Capital Federal, 1322, Argentina Published online: 06 Jul 2010. To cite this article:...Volcanic Belt in the Sierras Pampeanas of San Luis, Argentina, International Geology Review, 39:4, 287-306,...Universidad Nacional de San Luis,, Av. Ejército de los Andes 950, 5700 San Luis, Argentina P. SRUOGA, AND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposition PATRICK B. REDMOND†,* AND MARCO T. EINAUDI Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford...in grade across intrusive contacts, we augmented mine blast hole and diamond drill hole assays with assays...and copper and gold grades. Based on unpublished mine geology maps by A.J. Maughan and A.J. Swenson (1990)...although a minette dike is shown on unpublished mine maps by B.F. Stringham (ca. 1950) and is described...lie on the eastern edge of the Basin and Range province and were tilted eastward during extensional faulting
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...Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.2 Bajo de La Alumbrera Copper-Gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sumbawa, Indonesia Akira IMAI1 and Satoshi OHNO Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of...Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 1 Present address: Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School...classified into ‘A’ veinlets associated with bornite, digenite, chalcocite and chalcopyrite, ‘B’ veinlets having...chalcopyrite-bearing assemblage, and chalcocite-digenite solid solution and bnss for the chalcopyrite-free...located in southwestern part of Sumbawa Island, Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia, in Sunda-Banda
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Altar Cu-(Au-Mo) Deposit, Argentina, Studied by Cathodoluminescence, LA-ICP-MS, and Fluid Inclusion...Centro Patagónico de Estudios Metalogenéticos-CONICET-INGEOSUR, Departamento de Geología, Universidad...Bahía Blanca, Argentina 2 Centro Patagónico de Estudios Metalogenéticos-CONICET, Instituto de Investigación...Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Av. Roca 1242, 8332 Roca, Argentina 3 Departamento de Geología y Petróleo...Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina 4 Department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of... ETH Zentrum NO, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland b Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford...Stanford, CA 94305, USA c Geological Institute, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of...ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) is applied to quantify copper and other major...successive quartz generations in combination with LA-ICPMS microanalysis shows that the fluids trapped
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IN EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS OF THE “LA CAROLINA” DISTRICT, SAN LUIS (ARGENTINA). Gallard-Esquivel M.C.1, Cepedal...A.2 1 Department of Geology, University National of San Luis-CONICET, Argentina 2 Department of Geology...deposits of the La Carolina district, in the San Luis metallogenetic belt (Argentina), are spatially...district, mineralization in the Cerro Mogote and Puesto La Estancia prospects occur as disseminations, veins...high concentrations for this mineral. The Puesto La Estancia deposit contains various tellurides including
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro de Pasco & Colquijirca Choquelimpie Esperanza Escondida...Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera (Farallón Negro dist.) & Agua Rica Nevados... A 26° El Salvador Potrerillos COPIAPÓ ARGENTINA LA SERENA 30° Lineament Fault Porphyry Cu deposit...the latest Cretaceous to Paleocene (Laramide) province of southwestern North America, middle Eocene to...Richards, 2001), with Bingham and Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina, for example, both apparently occupying
Book
Groves Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics The University of Western...Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at The University of.... . . 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.2 Roman Province ~taly): Example from a Continental Arc Setting.... . . . . . . Bajo de la Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . . ... . Shoshonitic Lamprophyres from the Superior Province, Canada (Archaean) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), and flotation test studies of gold and associated...copper–gold deposits, early copper minerals (bornite–digenite–chalcocite) are well preserved at Batu Hijau and...bornite rather than chalcopyrite. The petrographic and LA-ICP-MS study results indicate that in bornite-rich...au Tel.: +61-7-47814772 J. Arif Mine Geology Department, Batu Hijau Mine, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, NTB...abundant early copper sulfides (bornite–chalcocite–digenite–chalcopyrite) as well as zones of later chalcopyrite–pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry deposits, which includes Bingham and Bajo de la Alumbrera. Red Chris is also classified as an A vein...in northern British Columbia, Canada. from where mine concentrate will be shipped. The Red Chris property...assessment reviews in 2005 and 2006, respectively, but mine feasibility at that time was precluded by the lack...extend the hydroelectric grid into the region, and mine permitting began. Continued drilling through 2011...sedimentary basins KJb Pzs JTri J Tri ! Pzs J LA RM 300 TrJ KJb Ji Schaft Creek TrJ Tri km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Cu–Mo deposit, Zijinshan Orefield, Fujian Province, China Jun Zhong a, Yan-Jing Chen a,⁎, Franco...porphyry Cu–Mo deposit Zijinshan orefield Fujian Province China a b s t r a c t The Luoboling Cu–Mo deposit...deposit in the Zijinshan Orefield, Fujian province, southeastern China, is a large porphyry deposit hosted...discovered in the late 1970s in southwestern Fujian Province, and now includes the Zijinshan highsulfidation...Luoboling and ⁎ Corresponding author at: Normal Mail: Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth. In 2017, the Central Andes accounted for the mine production of around 39% of the world’s copper,...youngest and easternmost extend from central Chile/Argentina to Bolivia and to northern Peru and beyond. Table...leading copper producer, with Peru second). 1 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva rue des... Figure 2 A–B vein Panoramic view of the Cerro de Pasco (Peru) Miocene Cordilleran polymetallic deposit...Tin Belt extends from Southern Peru to northern Argentina east of the Miocene–Early Pliocene belt of porphyry
Book (volume)
existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert....exploration regions in the Russian Far East, Argentina, Vietnam, China, India and Iran. His passion for...Iran ian P o rp h y ry C u-M o-A u D eposits Brent LA. Mclnnes, Noreen J. Evans, Frank Q, Fut Steve Garwin...lm alyk (K a rm ak y r-D a ln e e ) and S au k b u la k C u-A u P o rp h y ry System s, U zbekistan IgorM...the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology
 
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