CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
996 Argentina (Neuquen) 38.52.00 S -- 069.07 W Astera 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): Astera
Political location(s): Argentina; Province or state: Neuquen; Nearest community: Barda Gonzalez
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; mineralized contact between redbeds and grey sandstone beds with chalcocite and malachite
Commodities: Cu
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) mineralized contact between redbeds and grey sandstone beds with chalcocite and malachite; thickness of mineralized unit varies from few centimetres to several metres
References:
Compania Minera Polimet S. A., 1994
Company Report on Property Descriptions in Argentina
Unpublished Company Report


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