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Hematite from
Altar deposit, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Altar deposit, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:927620
Long-form Identifier:1:3:927620:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
25.7km (15.9 miles) ⓘLos Pelambres Mine, Salamanca, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘLa Crucita deposit, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile
51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘLlahuín porphyry Cu–Mo ± Au cluster, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘFarellón Sánchez District, Illapel, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘEl Espino Project, Illapel, Choapa Province, Coquimbo, Chile
69.9km (43.4 miles) ⓘMantos Grandes Mine, Monte Patria, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile
87.9km (54.6 miles) ⓘEl Bronce Mine, Petorca, Petorca Province, Valparaíso, Chile
92.1km (57.3 miles) ⓘTilama, Coquimbo, Chile
98.4km (61.1 miles) ⓘLos Mantos Mine, Mantos de Punitaqui District, Punitaqui, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile
98.7km (61.4 miles) ⓘLa Culebra Mine, Mantos de Punitaqui District, Punitaqui, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile
References
Zwahlen, C., Cioldi, S., Wagner, T., Rey, R., Heinrich, C. (2014) The Porphyry Cu-(Mo-Au) Deposit at Altar (Argentina): Tracing Gold Distribution by Vein Mapping and LA-ICP-MS Mineral Analysis. Economic Geology, 109 (5) 1341-1358 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.5.1341
Laura MaydagĂĄn, Marta Franchini, Brian Rusk, David R. Lentz, Christopher McFarlane, Agnes Impiccini, Francisco Javier RĂ­os, and Roger Rey (2015) Porphyry to Epithermal Transition in the Altar Cu-(Au-Mo) Deposit, Argentina, Studied by Cathodoluminescence, LA-ICP-MS, and Fluid Inclusion Analysis. Economic Geology, June 2015, 110, 889-923.
 
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