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Santa Rita

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004790
MRDS ID AR10211
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita
Alternate or previous names Tres Piedras, India, Jague

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.94363, -28.20996 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 45 KM NW OF JAGUE, 17 KM WSW OF LA CIENAGA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Tendal Formation;Nunorco Formation
    Rock description Tendal Formation;Nunorco Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.94363, -28.20996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1952
    Total resources 2600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 14 g/mt Silver Major 1952
    Lead Pb 7 wt-pct Lead Major 1952
    Zinc Zn 0.35 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • TRES PIERDNAS VEIN DEVELOPED ON THREE LEVELS WITH 25 TO 40 M WORKINGS ON EACH. INDIA VEIN HAS THREE LEVELS OF 52,38, AND 50 M LENGTH. SMALLER WORKINGS ON OTHER VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 494

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SINUOUS, SUBPARRALAL VEINS, DIPPING STEEPLY TO W TO VERTICAL, FEW CM TO 1 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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