THE FARALLÓN NEGRO GROUP, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA: Magmatic, Hydrothermal and Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Cu-Au Metallogeny in the Andean Back-arc

Research Article| July 01, 1998 THE FARALLÓN NEGRO GROUP, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA: Magmatic, Hydrothermal and Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Cu-Au Metallogeny in the Andean Back-arc ANNE M. SASSO; ANNE M. SASSO (SEG 1991) DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA K7L 3N6 EMAIL:amsasso@aol.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ALAN H. CLARK ALAN H. CLARK DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA K7L 3N6 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar SEG Discovery (1998) (34): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.1998-34.fea Article history first online: 15 Sep 2021 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation ANNE M. SASSO, ALAN H. CLARK; THE FARALLÓN NEGRO GROUP, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA: Magmatic, Hydrothermal and Tectonic Evolution and Implications for Cu-Au Metallogeny in the Andean Back-arc. SEG Discovery 1998;; (34): 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.1998-34.fea Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentBy SocietySEG Discovery Search Advanced Search Argentina has rapidly emerged as a major focus of international exploration activity. With the confirmation of the giant status (sensuClark, 1993) of the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry Cu-Au deposit (Guilbert, 1995), few areas have generated greater interest than the Fara116n Negro region of Catamarca Province (Fig. 1). Bajo de la Alumbrera (MIM/North/Rio Algom), the largest Au-rich (0.4 g/t) porphyry copper deposit recognized in the Central Andean orogen, with delimited reserves of 780 M tonnes containing 0.52% Cu and 0.67 g/t Au at a 0.22% Cu cut-off (Mining Journal Ltd., 1997... First Page Preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this article.