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Esperanza Prospect

Prospect in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004561
MRDS ID AR08199
Record type Site
Current site name Esperanza Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.00194, -23.29474 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • 8 KM N OF AGUILAR MINE ONE PERTENENCIA OF SIX HECTARES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 17.5% ZN, 8.3%PB, 117G/T AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Located Within Contact Metamorphic Halo Of Aguilar Granite (Albite-Epidote Hornfels Facies)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Padrioc Formation;Aguilar Granite
    Rock description Padrioc Formation;Aguilar Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.00194, -23.29474
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 45W
    Length 250M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Aguilar

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia. Minera Aguilar Sa

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO 3 M QUARTZITE WITH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES AND BARITE OVERLAIN BY 3 TO 4 M OF SULFIDE-BARITE CEMENTED BRECCIA AND 2M OF SANDED SULFIDES AND BARITE INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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