The aim of this Seminar is to introduce students from Pisa University to the study, exploration and/or economic projection of some metallic projects located in the Salta province of Argentina. Selected mining district will be described, providing information oriented to the specific tasks to make each project advance to pre- and feasibility stages.
The Salta province allocates several mineral resources of metals, industrial rocks and minerals, belonging to the three metallogenic epochs defined as: I – Precambrian to late Paleozoic, II – Mesozoic to Eocene, and III – Eocene to recent. The Puna altiplano region is known as a high potential zone for exploration of Li-K brines, borates, sulfates, as well as other metals of hypogene origin (Au, Cu, Mo, Ag, Pb, Zn). Only industrial rocks and minerals are being exploited in Salta province, while the metallic projects are or had been under exploration.