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Santa Teresa

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004930
MRDS ID AR11113
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Teresa
Alternate or previous names Lora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.79889, -34.5633 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 40 KM WEST OF SAN RAFAEL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHEAST SIDE OF CERRO MESON ALONG RIO DIAMANTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.79889, -34.5633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Vertical Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name 11

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ENTIRELY IN OXIDE ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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