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): |
Atahualpa |
Political location(s): |
Argentina; Province or state: Salta |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
paralic marine; cu, pb and zn mineralization associated with calcareous lithofacies |
Geologic province: |
Sierra de Santa Barbara to Sierra De Metan |
Commodities: |
Cu; Pb; Zn |
Geological ages: |
Mesozoic (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) Cu, Pb and Zn mineralization associated with calcareous lithofacies; stratabound Cu-Pb-Zn in limestone |
References: |
Instituto Nacional de Geología y Minería, 1974 |
Mineral Deposits of Argentina |
Instituto Nacional de Geología y Minería, Scale 750000 |
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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