CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1186 Argentina (Salta) 24.43.00 S -- 066.55 W Aguas Amargas 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): Aguas Amargas
Political location(s): Argentina; Province or state: Salta
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; chalcocite, covellite, malachite, chrysocolla, pyrite, cuprite, and azurite
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Miocene (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcocite, covellite, malachite, chrysocolla, pyrite, cuprite, and azurite; stratiform and peneconcordant occurrence in red sandstone with associated organic material
References:
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


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