Diagenetic mineralization of the juramento sediment-hosted stratiform Cu-(ag) deposit, Salta district, Northwestern Argentina

Abstract

Geological setting -- Cordilleran geology -- Geology of the Salta basin -- Property-scale (Juramento) geology -- Host rock petrology -- Pirgua subgroup -- Lecho formation (lower Balbuena subgroup) -- Yacoraite formation (middle balbuena subgroup) -- Tunal formation (upper Balbuena subgroup) -- Santa Barbara subgroup -- Petrography of the yacoraite formation -- Calcite -- Dolomite -- Silica -- Pyrite -- Gypsum -- Fieldspars -- Phosphate -- Hydrocarbons -- Minegraphy -- Primary mineralization -- Primary sulphide zoning -- Supergene oxide and sulphide mineralization -- Geology and diagenesis of the sedimentary basin.