Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina

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Milka K de Brodtkorb

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Several polymetallic deposits containing tellurides and Te-bearing minerals occur indifferent geologic terrains of Argentina. Tellurides with Ag and /or Au are widespread in meso and epithermal environments; they are structurally controlled and genetically related to Jurassic or Miocene-Pliocene volcanism. These species are represented by calaverite, hessite, stützite, krennerite, sylvanite, petzite and cervellite. Other Te-bearing minerals are present not only in epithermal deposits but also in different assemblages such as intraplutonic W deposits, skarn and mafic-ultramafic bodies. They are Te, altaite, nagyágite, melonite- merenskyite, tetradymite, telurobismuthite, kawazulite, Te-canfieldite and goldfieldite. Paragenesis of the different deposits and chemical data of the minerals are given.

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de Brodtkorb, M. K. (2009). Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina. Revista De La Asociación Geológica Argentina, 64(3), 365-372. Retrieved from https://revista.geologica.org.ar/raga/article/view/1219
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