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Metallogenic Map of South America. 1:5.000.000.

Second edition. 4 sheets and explanatory text. Pp. 274. 2005. Buenos Aires, Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino, Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales Anales no. 44. Price 40.

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This ambitious work, the second edition of the metallogenic map of the South American subcontinent, was coordinated and published by the Geological and Mining Survey of Argentina (SEGEMAR). It is the result of four years of collaborative effort by the Geological Surveys of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela under the aegis of the Ibero-American Association of Geological and Mining Surveys, the Commission for the Geological Map of the World, and UNESCO. The map legend and explanatory text are presented in three languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

The tectonostratigraphic and metallogenic units used on the map are based on the Geological Map of South America, published in 2000, but have been updated and adapted wherever necessary. The tectonostratigraphic terranes are usefully summarized in a time chart incorporated into the map. Ore deposit classification is broadly in keeping with that employed on other international metallogenic maps, with 19 different deposit types represented . . . [Full Text of this Article]