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Zircon from
Bajo de la Alumbrera Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bajo de la Alumbrera Mine, Andalgalá, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1622475
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1622475:3
GUID (UUID V4):557d91f1-9d05-469d-9c0a-7cec87b453c8
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
43.2km (26.8 miles) Papachacra pegmatites, Papachacra, Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
43.2km (26.8 miles) Papachacra, Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Breccia-Hosted Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit at Agua Rica, Argentina: Progressive Unroofing of a Magmatic Hydrothermal... Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of... Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of...Farallón Negro Volcanic Complex in northwestern Argentina. The Agua Rica deposit lies next to the contact...ch *Present address: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden
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(U–Th)/He chronometers, Bajo de la Alumbrera copper–gold deposit, Argentina Anthony C. Harris & W. James...(including U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and zircon and apatite (U–Th)/He thermochronology) to porphyry...porphyry intrusions at the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper–gold deposit, Argentina, reveals a complex history...Australia P. W. Reiners Geology and Geophysics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, USA...Brisbane, Australia Present address: P. W. Reiners Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson
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carbonate–base metal–gold vein system: Alto de la Blenda, Farallón Negro, Argentina M. Florencia Márquez-Zavalía 1...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Abstract Alto de la Blenda is a ∼6.6-Ma intermediatesulphidation epithermal...hosts the 7.1-Ma porphyry– Cu–Au deposit of Bajo de la Alumbrera. The epithermal vein system is characterised...emplacement at Bajo de la Alumbrera, which is in turn cut by minor epithermal veins. The Alto de la Blenda vein...330, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina 2 Mineralogía y Petrología, FAD, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Centro Universitario
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ELA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon geochronology of regional volcanism hosting the Bajo de la Alumbrera Cu–Au deposit:...of the earliest mineralized porphyries at Bajo de la Alumbrera (8.02±0.14 and 7.98±0.14 Ma). Regional uplift...shortly before renewed magmatism occurred at Bajo de la Alumbrera (7.10±0.07 Ma). The latest porphyry intrusive...synchronously with the mineralized porphyries at Bajo de la Alumbrera. However, their emplacement continued (from...93±0.07 Ma) after the final intrusion at Bajo de al Alumbrera. Regional volcanism had ceased by 6.8 Ma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
   The bajo de la alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: Genetic constraints...Matheus, The bajo de la alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: Genetic constraints...MANUSCRIPT The Bajo de la Alumbrera and Agua Rica Cu-Au (Mo) porphyry deposits of Argentina: genetic constraints... SC R Babinski3, Matheus Bruckman1 1 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do...RS, 91501-970, Brazil 2 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy
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Agua Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal Deposit, NW Argentina Maurício L. Borba, Colombo C. G. Tassinari, Jason...Agua Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal Deposit, NW Argentina, Ore Geology Reviews (2020), doi: https://doi...Rica Cu-Au Porphyry-Epithermal 3 Deposit, NW Argentina 4 Maurício L. Borba¹, Colombo C. G. Tassinari¹...Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05508- 6 080 7 ²Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson...dacite porphyry intrusions, for which U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages 21 are 6.09 ± 0.17 and 5.81 ± 0.32 Ma to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Bajo de la Alumbrera Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Farallón Negro Volcanics, Northwest Argentina ANTHONY...University of Tasmania, 7001 Hobart, Australia, and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland,...Australia SCOTT E. BRYAN,* AND RODNEY J. HOLCOMBE Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland,...rocks, host the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwest Argentina. Early studies...of mineralized porphyritic intrusions at Bajo de la Alumbrera. Our analysis of the volcanic stratigraphy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry Cu-Au association at Bajo de la Alumbrera, Catamarca Province, Argentina D. Miiller 1'* and P. Forrestal...1997; accepted September 2, 1998 Summary Bajo de la Alumbrera forms an example of a series of world class...rocks. The Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry coppergold deposit is situated in the Catamarca Province of Northwest-Argentina...Northwest-Argentina and belongs to the ten largest copper mines in the world; it is also one of the largest...445ppm, and 610ppm, respectively), moderate LREE (La <73 ppm and Ce < 140ppm ), and low HFSE (TiO2 <0
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Economic Geology, v. 100, pp. 863–886 Bajo de la Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit: Stable Isotope Evidence...HARRIS,†,* SUZANNE D. GOLDING, AND NOEL C. WHITE Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland,...at the gold-rich Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper deposit in northwestern Argentina are centered on...fluids responsible for the alteration at Bajo de la Alumbrera, and the data are used to infer likely ore-forming...intermediate argillic alteration assemblages at Bajo de la Alumbrera. Calculated δ18O and δD values of fluids
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Silicic Magmas at Bajo de la Alumbrera Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, NW Argentina Anthony C. HARRIS, Vadim...2004 Abstract: At the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit, NW Argentina, several key textural...porphyritic intrusions at the Bajo de la Alumbrera deposit, NW Argentina. These textures preserve evidence...hydrothermal systems. 2. The Bajo de la Alumbrera Deposit The Bajo de la Alumbrera deposit occurs in the Farallón...focused in a crustal scale arcoblique deformation zone (de Urreiztieta et al., 1996), referred to as the Tucuman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of the Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit at Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina THOMAS ULRICH,†,* ETH Zürich, Isotope...history of Bajo de la Alumbrera, a world-class porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwestern Argentina. The...and have a closely overlapping distribution on the mine scale. A well-developed ore shell coincides with...regular alteration zonation, Bajo de la Alumbrera in northwestern Argentina has been regarded as a textbook...ulrich@.anu.edu.au *Present address: Geology Department, The National University of Australia, 0200 Canberra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of the Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit at Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina THOMAS ULRICH,†,* ETH Zürich, Isotope...history of Bajo de la Alumbrera, a world-class porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwestern Argentina. The...and have a closely overlapping distribution on the mine scale. A well-developed ore shell coincides with...regular alteration zonation, Bajo de la Alumbrera in northwestern Argentina has been regarded as a textbook...ulrich@.anu.edu.au *Present address: Geology Department, The National University of Australia, 0200 Canberra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andesitic Farallón Negro Volcanic Complex in NW Argentina were analyzed by laser ablation ICPMS to track...porphyry-Cu-Au mineralization at the 600 Mt Bajo de la Alumbrera deposit. The combination of silicate and...Pettke Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich,...magma from which the fluids were generated. At Alumbrera, these andesitic dikes carry relicts of the sulfide...Æ Melt inclusions Æ Fluid Æ Andesite Æ Alumbrera Æ Argentina Introduction Due to their economic significance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reading the geochemistry of zircon crystals at Bajo de la Alumbrera (NW Argentina) Yannick Buret a,∗ , Albrecht...b c Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse...Clausiusstrasse 25, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United...Available online xxxx Editor: T.A. Mather Keywords: zircon geochronology trace-elements Hf isotopes porphyry...study focuses on the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper deposit in Northwest Argentina. The deposit is centred
Report (chapter)
Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of...Volcanic Complex hosting the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit (Argentina), and supplementary fluid-chemical...granite-related Sn-W system (Aud6tat et al. 1998, 2000), LA-ICPMS has been used for studying several porphyry-type...in the Farall6n Negro Volcanic Complex in NW Argentina (Fig. 2), where detailed geological data about...compositional evolution of ore fluids in the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) deposit (Sasso & Clark
Book (edition)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23051-1 David I. Groves Department of Geology and Geophysics Centre for Exploration...Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting.... . . . 6.4.1 Bajo de La Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . 6.4.2 Bingham...8.5 Shoshonitic Lamprophyres from the Superior Province, Canada (Archean) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
Chile Las Condes, Santiago Chile David I. Groves Department of Geology and Geophysics, Centre for Exploration...Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of...Edition incorporates new data and references from Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Iran and the USA, including.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting...Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.2 Bajo de La Alumbrera Copper-Gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry gold deposit in the Southern Puna plateau, Argentina Valeria Simón, Marcelo Arnosio, Robert B. Trumbull...porphyry gold deposit in the Southern Puna plateau, Argentina, Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2020)...gold deposit in the 2 Southern Puna plateau, Argentina 3 VALERIA SIMÓN1,*, MARCELO ARNOSIO1, ROBERT...(CP 4400), Argentina * corresponding author: simon.valeria.ester@gmail.com Instituto de Bio y Geociencias...(IBIGEO, UNSa-CONICET), Av. 9 de Julio 14, A4405BBA, Salta, Argentina German Research Centre for Geosciences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1535–1574 Geology of the Bajo de la Alumbrera Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Argentina JOHN M. PROFFETT† P...Alaska 99577 Abstract The Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Argentina, is in the eastern Andes...overlie a low-angle segment of the subduction zone. Alumbrera, now above the transition from steep to flat subduction...deposited with P2 porphyry. The youngest features at Alumbrera include small postore normal faults, gypsum veins...enrichment. Introduction BAJO DE LA ALUMBRERA (referred to as “Alumbrera” here for brevity) is a major
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
621–641 The Altar Porphyry Cu-(Au-Mo) Deposit (Argentina): A Complex Magmatic-Hydrothermal System with...Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Avenida Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos...Aires, Argentina 2 Departamento 3 Departamento 4 Department de Geología y Petróleo, Facultad de Ingeniería...del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina de Geología, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San...San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers 13,
Book (edition)
Australia Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics Nedlands, W.A. 6907...Australia The cover shows an overview of the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit before the...Mineral Deposits (former ARC Key Centre) within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at The University of...Igneous Rocks from the Five Tectonic Settings Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting...Associations. Bajo de la Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . Bingham Copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of thermal history—the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu–Au deposit, Argentina D.E. HARLOV1, E.C. HANSEN2...D–14473 Potsdam, Germany (dharlov@gfz-potsdam.de) 2 Department of Geology, Hope College, Holland, MI 494229000...Geology and Geophysics Department, Yale University, USA The Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry deposit formed...fluids dominated the early stages of the Bajo de la Alumbrera complex (Harris et al., 2005; Ulrich et...chronology reveals that the system cooled below 200 °C (zircon blocking temperature) by 5 Ma. It then took another
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of thermal history—the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu–Au deposit, Argentina D.E. HARLOV1, E.C. HANSEN2...D–14473 Potsdam, Germany (dharlov@gfz-potsdam.de) 2 Department of Geology, Hope College, Holland, MI 494229000...Geology and Geophysics Department, Yale University, USA The Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry deposit formed...fluids dominated the early stages of the Bajo de la Alumbrera complex (Harris et al., 2005; Ulrich et...chronology reveals that the system cooled below 200 °C (zircon blocking temperature) by 5 Ma. It then took another
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
maximum of 3.12 m.y. (2.51 ± 0.61 m.y.). Recent U-Pb zircon dating of several other major central Andean porphyry...contain suitable quantities of primary magmatic zircon, the actual crystallization age of each intrusive...closure temperature of zircon is >900°C (Lee et al., 1997). Recent studies using UPb zircon dating in combination...introduction, is determined by using exclusively U-Pb zircon dating. This approach is possible at Quellaveco...copper tenor. 64° 72° SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS LA PAZ Cuajone Bolivia Quellaveco Mocha Toquepala
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at Cuajone, Quellaveco, and Toquepala. Ten new zircon U-Pb Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroprobeReverse... SIMMONS ET AL. Toquepala (Fig. 2). We report zircon U-Pb ages at Cuajone and Toquepala (Table 1) for...porphyry Cu-Mo belt Cuajone-QuellavecoToquepala 20° La Colorado Rosario-Uyina-Quebrada Blanca Bolivia...porphyry Cu-Mo belt La Escondida Axis of P 25° El Salvador Bajo de la Alumbrera Miocene porphyry Cu-Au...Cu-Au belt 30° Chile Argentina Miocene porphyry Cu-Mo belt Santiago 0 50 El Teniente 35° 75°
 
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