Sandstone from Andes, South America


Argentina
Jujuy Province Cochinoca Department Abra Pampa ⓘ Purísima Mine	López, L., Echeveste, H., Rios, F. J., Jovic, S. M., & Schalamuk, I. B. (2022). Metallogenesis of Ni–Co–Fe-arsenide type mineralization in the Purísima-Rumicruz deposit, Jujuy, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 117, 103869.
Rinconada Department Mina Pirquitas ⓘ Pirquitas Mine	Silver Standard Resources Inc
Mendoza Province Las Heras Department Uspallata District ⓘ Paramillos de Uspallata	Rubinstein, Nora A., Carrasquero, Silvia I., Gómez, Anabel L.R., Orellano Ricchetti, Ana P., D’Annunzio, María C. (2018) Metallogeny of the Paramillos de Uspallata Pb–Zn–Ag vein deposit in the Cuyo Rift Basin, Argentina. Comptes Rendus Geoscience: 350(4): 164-172.
Malargüe Department Río Barrancas District ⓘ La Carmelita mine	Crosta, S., Godeas, M. C., Décima, M. F., & Marín, G. (2015). Carta Minero-Metalogenética 3769-I Barrancas. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales.
Salta Province Los Andes department San Antonio de los Cobres ⓘ Organullo mining district	Salado-Paz, N., Quiroga, M. F., Sarapura, J., Ortiz, A., Becchio, R., Wemmer, K., & Ortega, B. A. (2022). Geology and hydrothermal alteration in the Organullo district (Au–Cu–Bi): Evidence of overlapping hydrothermal systems, Argentinian Puna. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 104100.
Tolar Grande ⓘ Rio Grande Cu-Au prospect	Aldebaran Resources Inc.

Bolivia
Cochabamba Arque Province Cerro Grande District ⓘ Cerro Grande Mine	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. p 152 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Cerro Sayari	Petrov, Alfredo (n.d.) Personal Communication.
ⓘ Sayari Mine	Petrov, Alfredo (n.d.) Personal Communication.
Esteban Arce Province ⓘ Pajcha Pata	Petrov, Alfredo (n.d.) Personal Communication.
La Paz Aroma Province Laurani District ⓘ Laurani Mine	Liu, F., Han, R., Wang, J., & Li, W. (2017). Alteration and Mineralization Types of the Laurani Porphyry Deposit in Central‐Andean Metallogenic Belt, Bolivia. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition, 91(s1), 220-221.
Eliodoro Camacho Province ⓘ Matilde Mine	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. p 63 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
Loayza Province El Asiento de Araca ⓘ Rosario Mine (Rosario de Araca mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia, pp 73-76. (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
ⓘ Viloco Mine (Araca Mine)	Sugaki, A. (1985). Geological study on the ore deposits in the La Paz district, Bolivia. Sci. Rept. Tohoku Univ., Ser. III, 16, 131-198.
Pedro Domingo Murillo Province ⓘ Mt Chacaltaya	Lorin Fassbender, Marc, Hannington, Mark, Thomas Baxter, Alan, Diekrup, David, Stewart, Margaret, Alexander Brandl, Philipp (2024) Geochemical Signatures of Mafic Volcanic Rocks in Modern Oceanic Settings and Implications for Archean Mafic Magmatism. Economic Geology, 119 (2) 445-470 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5044
Oruro Carangas Province Todos Santos District ⓘ Carangas Mine (Orkho Thunko; Orcotunko)	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. pp 306-308 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
Pantaleón Dalence Province Huanuni ⓘ Huanuni mine	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. pp 167-171 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Santa Fé mining district	Franco, M. A. J. (2018). Geochemical and metallogenic model of the santa fe sn-zn-pb-ag-(in) deposit in the central andean tin belt (Doctoral dissertation, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya).
ⓘ Japo Mine (Negro Pabellón Mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. pp 61-62 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz) Sugaki, A., Uneno, H., Shimada, N., Kitakaze, A., Hayashi, K., Shima, H., Sanjines V.O., Saavedra M., A. (1981) Geological Study on polymetallic hydrothermal deposits in the Oruro District, Bolivia. Science Reports of Tohoku University, Series 3, 15:1–52.
ⓘ Morococala Mine	(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
ⓘ Santa Fé Mine	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. pp 62-63 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
Poopó Province Monserrat-Antequera mining district ⓘ Avicaya Mines (Totoral Mines)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. p 61 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
ⓘ Bolivar Mine (Antequera Mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. pp 58-61 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
ⓘ Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. pp 61-62 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
Potosí Antonio Quijarro Province ⓘ Caracota district	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia, pp 101-102 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
Uyuni Municipality Huanchaca ⓘ Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca mine)	WGS84, Z., Datum, S., Webster, P., Geo, P., Cullen, M., Geo, P., & Harrington, M. (2011) Mineral Resource Estimate Technical Report for the Pulacayo Ag-pb-zn Deposit Pulacayo Township, Potosí District, Quijarro Province, Bolivia.
Bernardino Bilbao province ⓘ Mallcu Kota (Mallku Kota)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metalíferos de Bolivia, pp 47-48. (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
Chayanta Province Colquechaca Municipality ⓘ Colquechaca	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. pp 187-189 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
Pakajake Canyon ⓘ Virgen de Surumi mine	Dunn, P. J., Peacor, D. R., Sturman, B. D. (1978) Mandarinoite, a new ferric-iron selenite from Bolivia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 16 (4) 605-609 Hurlbut, C. S. Jr., Aristarain, L. F . (1969) Olsascherite, Pb₂(SO₄)(SeO₄), anew mineral from Bolivia. American Mineralogist, 54 (11-12) 1519-1527
Cornelio Saavedra Province Colavi subdistrict ⓘ Colavi Mine	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guía a los Yacimientos Metalíferos de Bolivia, p 48-49.
ⓘ Machacamarca subdistrict	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guía a los Yacimientos Metalíferos de Bolivia, p 48-49.
Rafael Bustillo Province Llallagua ⓘ Siglo Veinte Mine	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia, pp 181-187 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
Sud Chichas Province Atocha Municipality ⓘ Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district)	Ahlfeld, F. & Schneider-Scherbina, A. (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. pp 216-220 (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
San Vicente mining district ⓘ La Confianza Mine (San Vicente Mine; Confianza Mine; Tajos Mine; San Francisco Mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. pp 61-62 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)
ⓘ Monserrate Mine (Monserrat Mine)	Osvaldo R. Arce Burgoa (2007) Guia a los Yacimientos Metaliferos de Bolivia. p 62 (Minera San Cristobal S.A. & Empresa Minera Unificada S.A., La Paz)

Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province ⓘ La Negra-Coquimbana district	Pincheira, M., & Fontboté, L. (1990). La Negra-Coquimbana Manganiferous District, Southern Atacama Desert, Chile. In Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes (pp. 365-378). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
El Loa Province San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ El Laco Fe deposit	Guo, Dongwei, Yanhe Li, Chao Duan, and Changfu Fan. (2022) "Involvement of Evaporite Layers in the Formation of Iron Oxide-Apatite Ore Deposits: Examples from the Luohe Deposit in China and the El Laco Deposit in Chile" Minerals 12, no. 8: 1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12081043
ⓘ San Bartolo deposit	Flint, S. (1986): Sedimentary and diagenetic controls on red-bed ore genesis: the Middle Tertiary San Bartolo copper deposit, Antofagasta Province, Chile. Economic Geology 81, 761-778.
Atacama Chañaral Province Chañaral El Salado Cerro Negro mining district ⓘ Cerro Negro Mine	Zentilli, M., Munizaga, F., Graves, M. C., Boric, R., Wilson, N. S., Mukhopadhyay, P. K., & Snowdon, L. R. (1997). Hydrocarbon involvement in the genesis of ore deposits: an example in Cretaceous stratabound (Manto-Type) copper deposits of central Chile. International Geology Review, 39(1), 1-21.
Coquimbo Elqui Province La Serena ⓘ Talcuna Cu-Mn-Ag mining district	Zentilli, M., Munizaga, F., Graves, M. C., Boric, R., Wilson, N. S., Mukhopadhyay, P. K., & Snowdon, L. R. (1997). Hydrocarbon involvement in the genesis of ore deposits: an example in Cretaceous stratabound (Manto-Type) copper deposits of central Chile. International Geology Review, 39(1), 1-21.
ⓘ Tilama	Jaime Cataldo B., Gino Figueroa B., Chaynna Lodis C., Rodrigo Muñoz M., Gonzalo Navarro Ch., Diego Rojo M. (2015) Geología del área de Tilama Mapa Geológico escala 1:10.000 Universidad Andrés Bello field report

Colombia
Cauca Department ⓘ Cali Crater	Gómez, J., Ocampo, A., Vajda, V., García, J. A., Lindh, A., Scherstén, A., ... & Barrero, D. (2017, March). Pliocene Impact Crater Discovered in Colombia: Geological, Geophysical, and Seismic Evidences. In 48th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (No. 1964, p. 2466).

Ecuador
Bolívar Province Las Naves Canton ⓘ El Domo mine	Ayala Obando, C. O. (2022). Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits from the Macuchi Formation, Ecuador (Bachelor's thesis, Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental Yachay).

Peru
Arequipa Arequipa Province Yarabamba District ⓘ Don Javier Cu-Mo deposit	Ye, Z., Mao, J., Lu, M., Zhu, X., Chen, N., Wei, H., ... & Meng, X. (2022). Geology and Geochronology of the Don Javier Cu-Mo Porphyry Deposit, Southern Peru. Ore Geology Reviews, 104777.
Castilla Province Shila-Paula mining district ⓘ Paula Mine	Greffié, C., Bailly, L., & Milési, J. P. (2002). Supergene alteration of primary ore assemblages from low-sulfidation Au-Ag epithermal deposits at Pongkor, Indonesia, and Nazareno, Peru. Economic Geology, 97(3), 561-571.
Cajamarca Cajabamba Province Cachachi District ⓘ Algamarca mine	Galdos, Renzo, Vallance, Jean, Baby, Patrice, Salvi, Stefano, Schirra, Michael, Velasquez, German, Viveen, Willem, Soto, Rodrigo, Pokrovski, Gleb S. (2024) Origin and evolution of gold-bearing fluids in a carbon-rich sedimentary basin: A case study of the Algamarca epithermal gold-silver-copper deposit, northern Peru. Ore Geology Reviews, 166. 105857 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105857
La Libertad Santiago de Chuco Province Quiruvilca District ⓘ Quiruvilca Mine	Lewis, R.W. Jr. (1956) The geology and ore deposits of the Quiruvilca District, Peru. Economic Geology: 51(1): 41-63.
Lima Huarochirí Province Chicla District Casapalca ⓘ Yauliyacu Mine	s21.q4cdn.com (2021) https://s21.q4cdn.com/266470217/files/doc_downloads/annual_information/2010-Annual-Information-Form.pdf
Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District ⓘ Perubar deposit	Polliand, M. & Fontboté, L. (2000) The Perubar Ba-Pb-Zn VHMS deposit, Central Peru.Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits of Latin America. In: R.L. Sherlock & M.A.V. Logan (eds), VMS deposits of Latin America. Geological Association of Canada Publication, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Paper, v. 2, p. 439-446.
Pasco Daniel Alcides Carrión Province ⓘ Ayawilca Project	Benites, D., Torró, L., Vallance, J., Laurent, O., Quispe, P., Rosas, S., ... & Fontboté, L. (2021). Geology, mineralogy, and cassiterite geochronology of the Ayawilca Zn-Pb-Ag-In-Sn-Cu deposit, Pasco, Peru. Mineralium Deposita, 1-27. Kim Kirkland, et al (2021) Ayawilca Polymetallic Project Central Peru NI 43‐101 Technical Report on Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment Report Prepared for: Tinka Resources Ltd
Pasco province ⓘ Cerro de Pasco	Ascencios, C. (1966). The San Alberto Lead-Zinc Ore Body at Cerro de Pasco Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. MS thesis University of Arizona.
Atacocha mining district ⓘ Atacocha Mine	Johnson, R.F., Lewis, Jr. R.W., Guillermo Abele. C. (1955) Geology and Ore Deposits of the Atacocha District Departmento de Pasco Peru. Geologic Investigations in the American Republics, Geological Durvey Bulletin 975-E, 388 pages.
Huayllay district Huarón mining district ⓘ Animón Mine	Roldan Merino, A. (2018). Evaluación del soporte preventivo con shotcrete y fibra de acero aplicado en macizos rocosos inestables en la mina Animon-CIA minera Volcan SA Cerro de Pasco-2016.
Tinyahuarco district Colquijirca mining district ⓘ Smelter deposit	Dubé, B., Mercier-Langevin, P., Kjarsgaard, I., Hannington, M., Bécu, V., Côté, J., ... & Bédard, N. (2014). The Bousquet 2-Dumagami world-class Archean Au-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Abitibi, Quebec: Metamorphosed submarine advanced argillic alteration footprint and genesis. Economic Geology, 109(1), 121-166.
Puno Carabaya Province ⓘ Crucero project	Aguirre Cernades, H. C. (2017). Caracterización y exploración geológica del Proyecto Crucero-Puno. Universidad Nacional del Altiplano – Puno

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