INVESTIGADORES
CASTRO Brigida Marta Ester
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Petrografia de las brechas asociadas a intrusividad riolitica en la Quebrada Blanca, Sierra de La Huerta. San Juan.
Autor/es:
SUMAY, CELINA; CASTRO DE MACHUCA, BRIGIDA; CONTE-GRAND, ALICIA; MEISSL, ESTELA
Lugar:
San Salvador de Jujuy
Reunión:
Congreso; 9° Congreso de Mineralogia y Metalogenia; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Asociación Geológica Argentina - Asociación Mineralógica Argentina
Resumen:
A petrographic study carried out on two mineralized breccia bodies outcropping at Quebrada Blanca, in the southeastern end of Sierra de La Huerta, San Juan province, is presented. Based on their textural and compositional features, and the relationship with a rhyolitic intrusive body, these breccias are classified as hypabisal breccia pipes or push-up intrusive breccias. Both breccia outcrops show disseminated sulfide mineralization (mostly pyrite and minor chalcopyrite and marcasite).