CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
993 Argentina (Neuquen) 38.42.00 S -- 069.32 W Cerro Mesa 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 Mesa
Political location(s): Argentina; Province or state: Neuquen; Nearest community: Barda Gonzalez (50 km W)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; malachite and chrysocola cementing quartz sandstone bed
Commodities: Cu
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) malachite and chrysocola cementing quartz sandstone bed; seven recorded showings are scattered about several square kilometres; beds are horizontal and largely covered by wind blown sands
References:
Compania Minera Polimet S. A., 1994
Company Report on Property Descriptions in Argentina
Unpublished Company Report

Production data: 1,200 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 5 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1992: Campania Minera Polimet S. A.; Company Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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35,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: additional resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.75 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1992: Campania Minera Polimet S. A.; Company Report
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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