Metallogenesis of the Totoral LCT rare-element pegmatite district, San Luis, Argentina: A review

The Totoral Pegmatite District (TPD) is the southernmost rare-element LCT pegmatite field of the Pampean Pegmatite Province. The TPD produced intermittently in the last 60 years Ta-Nb ore minerals, spodumene, beryl and ceramic raw materials. It is located in the southern part of the Eastern Pampean Range of San Luis province. It was developed during the late stage of accretion of the Famatina terrane to the West Gondwana in the Lower Paleozoic...