CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1084 Argentina (Neuquen) 35.47.00 S -- 069.40 W Huemul U; Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Huemul
Political location(s): Argentina; Province or state: Neuquen
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; cu-u-v deposits are lenticular and parallel to bedding, with fossil plant remains
Geologic province: Neuquen-Mendoza Basin
Commodities: U; Cu
Geological ages: Jurassic - Cretaceous (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) Cu-U-V deposits are lenticular and parallel to bedding, with fossil plant remains; at Mina Huemul, conglomerate is 0.6 to 2 m thick with asphaltic impregnations
References:
Brodtkorb (De), M. K., 1984
Strata-Bound Deposits of Argentina
in Syngenesis and Epigenesis in the Formation of Mineral Deposits, Edited by Wauschkuhn, A.; Kluth, C.; Zimmermann, R. A., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 653 p, p. 92 - 102

Resource data:
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152,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.77 percent
Reference: Sureda, R. J.; Galliski, M. A.; Arganaraz, P.; Daroca, J., 1986: Aspetos Metalogenicos Del Noroeste Argentino (Provincias de Salta Y Jujuy); Capricornio: Revista Geologica Argentina Para el Tropico Austral, Volume 1, p. 39 - 95
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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