Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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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 |
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Resource data: |
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
152,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserveGrade-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% |