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<title>Cooperación Internacional</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4791" rel="alternate"/>
<subtitle>En esta sección se compilan diversas publicaciones realizadas por miembros del SEGEMAR en contextos de cooperación internacional.</subtitle>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4791</id>
<updated>2026-04-12T23:55:45Z</updated>
<dc:date>2026-04-12T23:55:45Z</dc:date>
<entry>
<title>Tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4981" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Argentina. Dirección General de Minas y Geología</name>
</author>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4981</id>
<updated>2025-12-16T13:19:56Z</updated>
<published>1946-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo
Argentina. Dirección General de Minas y Geología
El Tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo registra 3 informes que conforman el Expediente N° 126405-46 bajo la autoría institucional de la Dirección General de Minas y Geología, dependiente de la Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, en total 3 informes mecanografiados con los siguientes datos:&#13;
- Tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo, desglosado del Expediente N° 126.405-46, elaborado el 8 de abril de 1946, que incluye 7 artículos firmados por César Ameghino y Francisco L. Pecci, más un texto titulado "Protocolo especial anexo al tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo", con 19 artículos firmados por ambos autores y un "Informe final de la comisión mixta de límites Argentino-Paraguaya", firmado por Ramón Díaz Benza, Fernando Saguier Caballero, Luis A. Podestá Costa, Otto H. Helbling e Isaías Rafael Cordini, con fecha 16 de agosto de 1944, en Asunción del Paraguay.&#13;
- Protocolo especial anexo al tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en Río Pilcomayo, cuenta con 19 artículos firmados por César Ameghino y Francisco L. Pecci y otra versión del mismo documento finalizado el 16 de agosto de 1944.&#13;
- Tratado complementario de límites definitivos entre las Repúblicas Argentina y del Paraguay en el Río Pilcomayo, otra versión mecanografiada de los 7 Artículos firmados por Ameghino-Pecci. Los 3 informes integran una carpeta donde se establece el tratado elaborado entre ambos países con el propósito de dar solución definitiva a la cuestión de límites en el Río Pilcomayo, en la zona comprendida entre los puntos denominados "Horqueta" y "Salto Palmar", a la cual se refiere el Tratado Complementario de Límites del 5 de julio de 1939 y el Protocolo Especial Anexo al mismo.
Fil: Secretaría de Industria y Comercio. Dirección General de Minas y Geología; Argentina.; El informe se encuentra disponible en soporte papel en la delegación SEGEMAR Buenos Aires, Mapoteca Felipe Enrique Godoy Bonnet del IGRM, ubicación A-20-12. En caso de requerir la consulta, por favor escribir al correo biblioteca.segemar@segemar.gov.ar
</summary>
<dc:date>1946-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Tratado de integración y complementación minera entre la República Argentina y Chile</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4923" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Biñón, Héctor H.</name>
</author>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4923</id>
<updated>2025-11-06T14:57:24Z</updated>
<published>2000-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Tratado de integración y complementación minera entre la República Argentina y Chile
Biñón, Héctor H.
El presente informe ilustra el tratado binacional fundamentado principalmente en el acuerdo de complementación económica n°16 que dice convenir y ejecutar decisiones destinadas a facilitar el desarrollo de diversas actividades en el ámbito económico y entre ellas al estímulo a las invenciones recíprocas y a la complementación y coordinación para el desarrollo del sector minero. &#13;
Como objetivos el tratado permite a los inversionistas de las partes la exploración, explotación y comercialización de los recursos minerales que se encuentran en la zona fronteriza de ambos países.
Fil: Biñón, Héctor H. Ministerio de Economía. Subsecretaría de Minería de la Nación. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Argentina.; El informe se encuentra disponible en soporte papel en la delegación SEGEMAR Tucumán, en caso de requerir la consulta, por favor escribir al correo biblioteca.segemar@segemar.gov.ar
</summary>
<dc:date>2000-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ASGMI. Sitios de interés geológico de Iberoamérica</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4784" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Carcavilla, Luis</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Miranda, Fernando</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Faraone, Mauricio</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Vargas Anaya, Marianela</name>
</author>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/4784</id>
<updated>2025-12-01T13:38:30Z</updated>
<published>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">ASGMI. Sitios de interés geológico de Iberoamérica
Carcavilla, Luis; Miranda, Fernando; Faraone, Mauricio; Vargas Anaya, Marianela
Esta publicación incluye 73 sitios o lugares de interés geológico distribuidos en el territorio continental e insular de 16 países Iberoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, España, Guatemala, México, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, República Dominicana y Uruguay). Cada capítulo está dedicado a un país y presenta un mapa de ubicación de los sitios considerados, la descripción de sus principales características geológicas, aspectos sobre medidas de protección e información general para su visita. Los sitios incluidos abarcan gran parte de las disciplinas geológicas y aportan al conocimiento y divulgación de la geología como ciencia. Esta publicación, surgida desde el Grupo de Expertos en Patrimonio Geológico (GEPG) de la Asociación de Servicios de Geología y Minería Iberoamericanos (ASGMI), resalta el valor de la geodiversidad y el patrimonio geológico como elementos fundamentales para el desarrollo económico y social de las comunidades.  La puesta en valor de estos recursos, tal y como se refleja en la presente obra, es clave para la promoción de iniciativas como los Geoparques y el turismo geológico, y para fomentar una mayor conciencia sobre la importancia de preservar nuestro patrimonio geológico, como testimonio invaluable de la historia de nuestro planeta y recurso estratégico para las generaciones futuras. Se incluye título y autoría de los trabajos presentados por los geólogos y geólogas del SEGEMAR: La Mejicana y el cablecarril: patrimonio testigo de la minería argentina de principios del siglo XX / Ramón Carrizo -- El triásico de la cuenca de Ischigualasto-Talampaya: una ventana hacia el origen de los dinosaurios y los mamíferos / Carlos Nelson Dal Molin -- Los cerros Fitz Roy y Torre "gritos de piedra" / Andrés Kosmal y Fernando Miranda -- Cerro Galán: una mega-caldera en el noroeste argentino / Eduardo Molina y Marina Corvalán --  El “agua grande” de fama mundial / Fernando Miranda, Alberto Ardolino y Eduardo Salamuni (perteneciente al  Departamento de Geología de la Universidad Federal del Paraná).
Fil: Miranda, Fernando. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales; Argentina.; Fil: Carrizo, Ramón. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales; Argentina.; Fil: Dal Molin, Carlos Nelson. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales; Argentina.; Fil: Molina, Eduardo. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales; Argentina.; Fil: Corvalán, Marina. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales; Argentina.
</summary>
<dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Report on Geology and Metallogeny of the “Sierras de Septentrionales de Córdoba” 1:250.000 Map Sheet Province of Córdoba</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/2751" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Lyons, Patrick</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Skirrow, Roger G.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Stuart-Smith, Peter G.</name>
</author>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/2751</id>
<updated>2025-10-27T14:43:00Z</updated>
<published>1997-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Report on Geology and Metallogeny of the “Sierras de Septentrionales de Córdoba” 1:250.000 Map Sheet Province of Córdoba
Geoscientific Mapping of the Sierras Pampeanas, Argentine-Australian Cooperative Project
Lyons, Patrick; Skirrow, Roger G.; Stuart-Smith, Peter G.
Geology&#13;
The Sierras septentrionales de Córdoba sheet area is located in the northern Sierra&#13;
Grande and Sierra Chica. They form part of the southern Sierras Pampeanas which&#13;
are part of a distinct morphotectonic province of tilt blocks of Early to Mid&#13;
Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous basement. Recent work, as part of the&#13;
Argentina-Australia Cooperative Project, has shown that basement in the sheet area&#13;
is part of the Pampean domain intruded by Cambrian, Ordovician, and Devonian&#13;
granitoids. The domain is comprised of a number of metamorphic complexes and&#13;
formations, the Ascochinga Igneous Complex, and some major shear zones, most&#13;
notably the Guamanes Shear Zone.&#13;
The oldest basement rocks are principally metapelite, calc-silicate and marble, and&#13;
minor amphibolite which reached amphibolite grade conditions (M1; high T, low P),&#13;
with localised migmatisation, about 530 Ma. Localised melting produced a number&#13;
of S-type granites which probably crystallised about 10 to 15 Ma later. East of the&#13;
Carape Fault, in the Sierra Chica, the Early Cambrian Ascochinga Igneous Complex,&#13;
consisting of tonalite, granodiorite, granite and minor enclaves of paragneiss,&#13;
probably crystallised at about 515 Ma. Protolith sediments were deposited on the&#13;
passive western margin of Gondwana which developed during the separation of&#13;
Laurentia from Gondwana, and the opening of the Iapetus Ocean, at the beginning of&#13;
the Cambrian about 540 Ma. Following intrusion of mafic dykes, progressive&#13;
deformation (D1) and metamorphism (M1) produced the penetrative differentiated&#13;
foliation formed during the westerly directed thrusting of the Pampean cycle.&#13;
Compressive deformation, closely followed by extension, possibly as a continuos&#13;
event, (D2) and lower amphibolite/upper greenschist metamorphism (M2) during the&#13;
Early Ordovician (490-470 Ma) resulted in tight folding of D1 fabrics and&#13;
development of gneissic fabrics in the Ascochinga Igneous Complex. Thrusting&#13;
occurred on the Carape Fault and within the El Manzano Formation. First&#13;
movement on the Guamanes Shear Zone probably occurred at this time. Phyric&#13;
granites within the Guamanes Shear Zone are interpreted to have been emplaced&#13;
during extension, around 470 Ma. The Ordovician deformation, the Famatinian&#13;
cycle, resulted from the closure of the Iapetus Ocean and eastward subduction&#13;
beneath the Gondwana continent.&#13;
The resumption of convergence on the Gondwana margin in the Early Devonian,&#13;
during the Achalian cycle, resulted in the reactivation of the Guamanes Shear Zone&#13;
and local isoclinal folding of earlier fabrics (D3), greenschist facies metamorphism&#13;
(M3), and the development of a magmatic arc which generated large volumes of&#13;
felsic magma from partial melting of MgO depleted crust. Devonian granites in the&#13;
sheet area were emplaced at this time and magnetics indicate that a number of&#13;
plutons have not been uncovered, or are buried beneath Cainozoic cover. Small&#13;
bodies south of the Capilla del Monte Granite are apophyses of a larger body. The&#13;
Achalian cycle continued until the end of the Devonian, as evidenced by 40Ar-39Ar&#13;
dates from the Guamanes Shear Zone.&#13;
Peneplanation of the basement was followed by deposition of fluvio-lacustrine&#13;
sediments of the Carbo-Permian Panganzo Group which are preserved in a graben in&#13;
the north-west of the sheet area. Graben formation may have initiated at this time&#13;
and continued (episodically?) until the Early Cretaceous, when extension&#13;
accommodated on the Punilla and La Calera Faults formed half-grabens&#13;
accompanied by the deposition of continental clastic material and extrusion of mafic&#13;
lavas.&#13;
Block tilting of basement during the Cainozoic Andean uplift gave rise to the present&#13;
day topography. Uplift occurred on moderate to steeply dipping reverse faults.&#13;
Economic Geology&#13;
Three principal Paleozoic metallogenic cycles and one Neogene cycle are recognised&#13;
in the southern Sierras Pampeanas, including the Sierras de San Luis and&#13;
Comechingones. The first two metallogenic stages are closely related to the&#13;
Famatinian (early Ordovician) tectonic and magmatic cycle, and the third major&#13;
period of mineralisation occurred during the Achalian (Devonian) tectonic cycle.&#13;
The most important metallic mineral deposits in the Sierras septentrionales de&#13;
Córdoba broadly correlate with the Achalian (Devonian) tectonic cycle which&#13;
constitutes the third metallogenic phase in the southern Sierras Pampeanas. It is&#13;
characterised by diverse deposits of Au, W, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, and a second period of&#13;
pegmatite-related mineralisation including Be, Li, Nb, Ta, U, REE, Th and F. The&#13;
deposit styles include mesothermal shear-related Au quartz vein deposits in the&#13;
Candelaria, high-level Ag-Pb-Zn quartz veins in the El Guaico district and W-quartz&#13;
vein deposits near Aguas de Ramón. Epigenetic W±Cu deposits hosted mainly by&#13;
calc-silicate rocks in the Punilla region of the Sierras de Cór doba (e.g., El Zinqui) are&#13;
proposed to have formed during the Achalian phase. Regional mapping and&#13;
metallogenic modelling have allowed delineation of zones of potential for Au, Ag-&#13;
Pb-Zn, Cu and W mineralisation in the Sierras septentrionales de Córdoba, focussed&#13;
on Devonian structures and granites and suitable chemical and structural  trap &#13;
environments.&#13;
New 40Ar-39Ar dating of white mica hydrothermal alteration associated with shearrelated&#13;
Au±Cu, W vein and Ag-Pb-Zn vein mineralisation in the southern Sierras&#13;
Pampeanas suggests mineralisation occurred from about 390 to 360 Ma. This&#13;
metallogenic phase commenced during the period of Devonian felsic magmatism,&#13;
which includes granites yielding U-Pb (zircon) crystallisation ages of about 403 to&#13;
382 Ma. Throughout the Sierras Pampeanas, these granites are fractionated,&#13;
peraluminous to borderline-metaluminous, oxidised to weakly reduced, magnetic to&#13;
non-magnetic S- and I-types, and form zoned ovoid plutons that were emplaced at&#13;
relatively high crustal levels synchronous with compressive deformation. Oxygen&#13;
and hydrogen isotope compositions of alteration and vein minerals are compatible&#13;
with input of evolved meteoric fluids with or without a minor component of&#13;
magmatic or metamorphic waters in the formation of the Au±Cu, W and Ag-Pb-Zn&#13;
deposits.&#13;
The Neogene metallogenic cycle is characterised by epithermal Au (-Ag-Pb-Zn) and&#13;
porphyry-style Cu mineralisation formed in association with Miocene-Pliocene&#13;
volcanism in the La Carolina - Sierra del Morro volcanic belt of San Luis Province.&#13;
Volcanic rocks of similar composition and age occur in the Volcán Pocho region,&#13;
south of the Sierras septentrionales de Córdoba area. Exploration for epithermal Au-&#13;
Ag in this region has been relatively limited.
Fil: Lyons, Patrick. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.; Fil: Skirrow, Roger G. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.; Fil: Stuart-Smith, Peter G. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.
</summary>
<dc:date>1997-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Report on Geology and Metallogeny of the "Sierras de San Luis y Comechingones" 1:250.000 Map Sheet Provinces of San Luis and Córdoba</title>
<link href="https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/2750" rel="alternate"/>
<author>
<name>Sims, John P.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Skirrow, Roger G.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Stuart-Smith, Peter G.</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Lyons, Patrick</name>
</author>
<id>https://repositorio.segemar.gov.ar/handle/308849217/2750</id>
<updated>2025-10-27T14:47:13Z</updated>
<published>1997-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
<summary type="text">Report on Geology and Metallogeny of the "Sierras de San Luis y Comechingones" 1:250.000 Map Sheet Provinces of San Luis and Córdoba
Geoscientific Mapping of the Sierras Pampeanas, Argentine-Australian Cooperative Project
Sims, John P.; Skirrow, Roger G.; Stuart-Smith, Peter G.; Lyons, Patrick
Geology&#13;
The Sierras de San Luis y Comechingones map area covers 12 000 km2 extending from&#13;
east of the Sierras de Comechingones to west of the Sierras de San Luis. The city of San&#13;
Luis is located in the south west of the map area. The ranges form the southernmost&#13;
part of the Sierras Pampeanas morphotectonic province of basement tilt blocks. Recent&#13;
work, as part of the Geoscientific Mapping of the Sierras Pampeanas Argentine-&#13;
Australian Cooperative Project, has shown that the basement is comprised of three&#13;
lithostratigraphic domains, a Cambrian domain, a Cambro Ordovician domain and a&#13;
younger Ordovician domain. These three domains have shared a common tectonic&#13;
history since the Early Devonian.&#13;
The Cambrain domain is comprised of the Monte Guazú, Conlara and Nogoli&#13;
metamorphic complexes. These rocks consist of pelitic and psammitic gneiss and schist&#13;
with subordinate orthogneiss. The meta-sedimentary protoliths are interpreted to have&#13;
deposited on the a passive margin during the separation of Laurentia from Gondwana&#13;
and the opening of the Iapetus Ocean at around 540 Ma. Deformation and upper&#13;
amphibolite- to granulite-facies metamorphism of the Pampean cycle had commenced&#13;
by about 530 Ma and occurred during convergence on the newly created margin of&#13;
Gondwana. Widespread magmatism at the closing stages of the cycle produced&#13;
granitoids within the Monte Guazú Metamorphic Complex and possibly the Nogoli&#13;
Metamorphic Complex at around 515 Ma(?).&#13;
The Cambro Ordovician domain consists of pelitic gneiss and schist of the Pringles&#13;
Metamorphic Complex. The protoliths to these metasediments were probably deposited&#13;
in a back-arc basin formed within the older basement, coincident with the&#13;
commencement of subduction along the margin of Gondwana in the latest Cambrian.&#13;
During the Early Ordovician widespread compressive deformation, metamorphism, and&#13;
magmatism of the Famatinian cycle resulted in amalgamation of the back arc basin with&#13;
the Cambrian basement. Mafic and ultramafic bodies of the Las Aguilas Group intruded&#13;
the Pringles Metamorphic Complex at ~480 Ma and provided a significant heat source&#13;
for high-grade metamorphism. Deformation at upper amphibolite- to granulite-facies was accompanied by the development of kilometre-scale ductile shear zones. Towards&#13;
the close of the Famatinian cycle, discrete belts of extensional tectonism developed at&#13;
upper greenschist-facies conditions accompanied by emplacement of S-type granite and&#13;
pegmatite. New U-Pb monazite data suggests that the Famatinian tectonism had ceased&#13;
and the terrain was cooling by approximately 450 Ma.&#13;
The Ordovician domain comprises the San Luis Formation, which consists of phyllites,&#13;
arenites and minor conglomerates. These low-grade metasediments were deposited&#13;
during the Famatinian cycle and are intruded by granitoids that have been dated at about&#13;
470 Ma. The absence of Famatinian tectonic fabrics in these rocks suggests they were&#13;
deposited in a basin formed during the late extensional phase.&#13;
The resumption of convergence on the Gondwana margin in the Early Devonian,&#13;
resulted in compressive deformation of the San Luis Formation, and older basement&#13;
rocks. This important tectonic episode is termed the Achalian cycle. Partial melting of&#13;
crust during this tectonism produced voluminous felsic magmas which intruded during&#13;
and after shearing. The magmatism had commenced by about 404 Ma and may have&#13;
continued until the Early Carboniferous. Deformation was at greenschist facies and&#13;
produced westerly directed thrusting and regionally extensive ductile to brittle-ductile,&#13;
conjugate, strike-slip shear-zones. New 40Ar-39Ar data shows the shearing had ceased by&#13;
approximately 350 Ma.&#13;
Subduction of the Nazca Plate resulted initially in Andesitic volcanism at the start of the&#13;
Andean cycle in the Mid Miocene. The volcanism resulted in basement uplift with&#13;
volcanic edifices and extensive pyroclastic aprons. Following cessation of volcanism in&#13;
the Pliocene, continuing east-west compression has resulted in uplift of the basement&#13;
along moderate to steeply dipping reverse faults.&#13;
Metallogeny&#13;
Three principal Paleozoic metallogenic cycles and one Neogene cycle are recognised in&#13;
the southern Sierras Pampeanas, including the Sierras de San Luis and Comechingones.&#13;
The first two metallogenic stages are closely related to the Early Ordovician Famatinian tectonic and magmatic cycle, and the third major period of mineralisation occurred&#13;
during the Devonian Achalian cycle.&#13;
The earliest metallogenic stage includes Ni-Cu-Co sulfide deposits with anomalous PGEAu&#13;
hosted by mafic/ultramafic intrusions, in the Las Aguilas district. Sulfide&#13;
mineralisation formed initially in magmatic cumulate zones, with partial remobilisation&#13;
during deformation. New U-Pb (zircon) age dating indicates that differentiates of the&#13;
tholeiitic parent magma crystallised during the early Ordovician at 478±6 Ma,&#13;
approximately coeval with Famatinian high grade metamorphism and compressive&#13;
deformation. A resource of 2.2 Mt at 0.51% Ni and 0.50% Cu has previously been&#13;
estimated. Regional mapping and metallogenic modelling indicates potential for Ni-Cu&#13;
mineralisation in several exposed and concealed zones elsewhere in the Sierras de San&#13;
Luis.&#13;
The second metallogenic phase is spatially and temporally related to extensional&#13;
deformation of the final stages of the Famatinian cycle. Historically important deposits&#13;
of Li, Be, Nb, Ta, Sn, and currently exploited industrial mineral resources (mica,&#13;
feldspar, quartz), are associated with granites and voluminous pegmatites emplaced&#13;
during this and the Achalian cycles.&#13;
The third phase of metallogenic evolution in the southern Sierras Pampeanas is broadly&#13;
correlated with the Achalian cycle, and is characterised by diverse deposits of Au, W,&#13;
Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, and a second period of pegmatite-related mineralisation including Be,&#13;
Li, Nb, Ta, U, REE, Th and F. New 40Ar-39Ar dating of white mica hydrothermal&#13;
alteration associated with shear-related Au±Cu, W vein and Ag-Pb-Zn vein&#13;
mineralisation in the southern Sierras Pampeanas suggests mineralisation occurred from&#13;
about 390 to 360 Ma, including at least some of the W mineralisation in the Sierra de&#13;
Los Morillos. This metallogenic phase commenced during the period of Devonian felsic&#13;
magmatism, which includes granites yielding U-Pb (zircon) crystallisation ages of about&#13;
403 to 382 Ma. Oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of alteration and veins&#13;
minerals are compatible with input of evolved meteoric fluids with or without a minor&#13;
component of magmatic or metamorphic waters in the formation of these Au±Cu, W&#13;
and Ag-Pb-Zn deposits. Numerous tungsten deposits hosted in calc-silicate rocks in the Sierras del Morro, Yulto&#13;
and Estanzuela are proposed to be epigenetic in origin and to have formed during the&#13;
Devonian metallogenic phase. However, it is conceivable that minor tungsten&#13;
accumulated in calc-silicate rocks prior to the Devonian and was remobilised during the&#13;
Achalian cycle. Localisation of quartz-scheelite vein deposits and possibly some Au±W&#13;
quartz vein deposits in the Sierras de San Luis in structures characteristic of the&#13;
Achalian cycle suggests these deposits also formed during the Devonian metallogenic&#13;
cycle. Structural studies and metallogenic modelling have been used to outline areas of&#13;
potential for shear-related mesothermal Au in the Sierras de San Luis.&#13;
The Neogene metallogenic cycle is characterised by Au (-Ag-Pb-Zn) and Cu&#13;
mineralisation formed in association with Miocene-Pliocene volcanism in the La&#13;
Carolina - Sierra del Morro volcanic belt. Alteration, geochemical, and geological&#13;
characteristics of the Au mineralisation indicate metal deposition in the upper levels of&#13;
low sulfidation epithermal systems, controlled in part by Tertiary and pre-Tertiary&#13;
structures. Quartz-chalcopyrite vein stockworks and alteration in andesite breccia at&#13;
Diente Verde suggest the existence of porphyry Cu style mineralisation in the La&#13;
Carolina - Sierra del Morro volcanic belt. Despite the extent of this belt, exploration for&#13;
Au-Ag and Cu in this region has been relatively limited.
Fil: Sims, John P. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.; Fil: Skirrow, Roger G. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.; Fil: Stuart-Smith, Peter G. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.; Fil: Lyons, Patrick. Australian Geological Survey Organisation; Australia.
</summary>
<dc:date>1997-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
</entry>
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