Abstract:
The Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit is located in western Puna, Salta Province, and is geneticaly related to an Oligocene volcanic sequence. Based on alteration-mineralization studies, three stages were recognized: 1. potasic alteration with magnetic-pyrrotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-bornite-sphalerite and propylitic alteration with pyrite; 2. phyllic alteration with pyrite-molybdenite; 3. supergenic alteration mainly with limonite, jarosite, sericite, cuprite, alunite, digenite and covellite. In the area K/Ar dating shows that the volcanic sequence was emplaced during the Eocene-Oligocene and that hydrothermal alteration took place between 33.6 + -0.5 and 30.5 + -0.5 Ma. Therefore, it is possible to correlate the Taca-Taca Alto deposit with the Paleogene porphyry copper mineralization belt in Chile, suggesting a widening of the magmatic arc during the Oligocene at this latitude.
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Título: | Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit, province of Salta: Contributions to its knowledge |
Autor: | Rubinstein, N.; Segal, S.; Zappettini, E. |
Filiación: | Dept. de Ciencias Geologicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Univ., 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Argentina; Porphyry copper deposit; Salta; copper; mineralization; porphyry; Argentina |
Año: | 2000
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Volumen: | 55
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Número: | 1-2
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Página de inicio: | 125
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Página de fin: | 128
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Título revista: | Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina
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Título revista abreviado: | Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent.
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ISSN: | 00044822
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v55_n1-2_p125_Rubinstein |
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Rubinstein, N., Segal, S. & Zappettini, E.
(2000)
. Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit, province of Salta: Contributions to its knowledge . Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, 55(1-2), 125-128.
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Rubinstein, N., Segal, S., Zappettini, E.
"Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit, province of Salta: Contributions to its knowledge "
. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 55, no. 1-2
(2000) : 125-128.
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Rubinstein, N., Segal, S., Zappettini, E.
"Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit, province of Salta: Contributions to its knowledge "
. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, vol. 55, no. 1-2, 2000, pp. 125-128.
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Rubinstein, N., Segal, S., Zappettini, E. Taca-Taca Alto porphyry copper deposit, province of Salta: Contributions to its knowledge . Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. 2000;55(1-2):125-128.
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