Beatriz

Argentina· Tierra de FuegoUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
1.30%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Massive, disseminations, veinlets, small concordant lenses, 5 m long, 0.8 m thick, W end veinlets 12 m long. quartz-chalcopyrite-pyrite stockwork in 1 sq. km area. pyrite-pyrrhotite-graphite disseminations ubiquitous. Fault displaces deposit 300 m. Back arc marginal basin (calc alkaline to tholeiitic).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1800

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS