CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
991 Argentina (Neuquen) 39.12.00 S -- 069.32 W Cerro Granito 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): Cerro Granito
Political location(s): Argentina; Province or state: Neuquen; Nearest community: Barda Gonzalez (60 km SW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; malachite cements conglomerate; average thickness of mineralized bed is 1.73 m.
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Cretaceous (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) malachite cements conglomerate; average thickness of mineralized bed is 1.73 m.; deposit has been segmented by faulting into four discrete bodies; average thickness of mineralized bed is 1.73 metres; beds dip shallowly
References:
Compania Minera Polimet S. A., 1994
Company Report on Property Descriptions in Argentina
Unpublished Company Report

Production data: Report period: from 1940; 2,380 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 8 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1992: Campania Minera Polimet S. A.; Company Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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320,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.87 percent
Reference: Dawson, S., 1995: Neuquen Project in Argentina - Yamana, MIM Explore 'Red Bed' Deposits; The Northern Miner, May 8 issue, p. 13
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1997; 0.37 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: drill-indicated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.1 percent
Reference: Yamana Resources Inc, 1997: Nuequen, Annual Report; Annual Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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