The orogeny involved metamorphism and deformation in the crust and the eruption and intrusion of magma along a Famatinian magmatic arc that formed a chain of volcanoes.
A oroxenia implicou o metamorfismo e a deformación da codia terrestre e a erupción e intrusión de magma ao longo do arco magmático famatiniano que formou unha cadea de volcáns.