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El Nevado Area

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004988
MRDS ID AR11191
Record type Site
Current site name El Nevado Area
Alternate or previous names Includes: El Nevado, Mina San Jorge, Mina Anita, La Margarita, La Julia, Mina Paster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.36471, -35.32942 (WGS84)
Relative position 75 KM SOUTH 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

  • COORDINATES FOR CENTRAL POINT- MINES UP TO 2 KM IN ANY DIRECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADES OF 4-8% CU IN VEINLETS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Cerro Carrizalito Formation, Quebrada Grande Member;La Huerita Formation
    Rock description Cerro Carrizalito Formation, Quebrada Grande Mbr.;La Huerita Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.36471, -35.32942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50-55 W
    Dip 75 SW TO 60 NE
    Length 200M
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 9 El Nevado

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. 1, P. 166-167.

  • Deposit

    NUNEZ, ENRIQUE, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 28D, ESTACINA SOITUE: BUENOS AIRES, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, BOL. 166, P. 43-44.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINLETS AND PODS OVER 200 M EXTENSION.

Reporter information

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

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