Puesto Laura

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004978
MRDS ID AR11178
Record type Site
Current site name Puesto Laura
Alternate or previous names Most Important Vein Is Carlos
Related records 10004958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.79584, -34.53636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 42 KM WEST-NORTHWEST 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

  • 6 KM DOWNSTREAM FROM PICAZAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADES: PB 18%, AG 370 G/T, AU 1.5 G/T, AS2O3 4.75%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Serie De Horqueta
    Rock description Serie De Horqueta
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.79584, -34.53636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike E TO ENE
    Dip S
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 11

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Industrial Y Minera De Cuyo

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major As2O3 Arsenic Arsenic 30wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SELECTED ORE SHIPPED TO "ARSENIC-ANHYDRITE" PLANT- AVERAGE GRADES OF 30% AS2O3 AND 2 G/T AU.

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. 2, P. 507-508

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE 4.5 KM BY 1.5 KM.

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.