With the help of the World Bank, Argentina has compiled detailed geologic maps and ore deposit models on a CD-ROM, which is available to anyone interested in mineral exploration in that country.
The CD includes information on the tectonostratigraphic provinces and metallogenic belts that occupy the lower half of South America.
“The association of metallogenic belts and ore deposits has never [before] been available in Argentina,” says Greg Fernette, senior geologist with Watts Griffis & McOuat (WGM) in Denver, Colo., who contributed to the project. “It is the kind of work normally associated with the U.S. Geological Survey or the Geological Survey of Canada [GSC],” he adds.
Argentina hopes to print a large-scale map of the data in the summer. Currently, the government, WGM and the GSC are working on other databases, including magnetic and radiometric surveys, and these will be available through the government’s Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino. The CD is part of the PASMA project, which is designed to promote mineral development in Argentina.
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