Paramillos Sur

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004985
MRDS ID AR11188
Record type Site
Current site name Paramillos Sur

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.24948, -32.41413 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 75 KM FROM MENDOZA, 35 KM FROM USPALLATA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Present- Oxidation, Lixiviation, Enrichment

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.24948, -32.41413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 186000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.58 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 14965000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.95 wt-pct Copper Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GOLD VALUE BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.42 G/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING SECRETARY, 1993, DIRECTORY OF MINING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, P. 223

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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