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Helena Mine

Past Producer in Neuquen, Argentina with commodities Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005047
MRDS ID AR13021
Record type Site
Current site name Helena Mine
Alternate or previous names Porvenir, Sin Nombre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.65366, -37.25445 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 35 KM NW OF CHOS MALAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Neuquen(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Neuquen

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE VICINITY OF PRIMAVERA, AT THE CONFLUENCE OF ARROYOS ATRAUQUITO AND MILLA MICHICO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesitica Serie;Porfiritica Serie
    Rock description Andesitica Serie;Porfiritica Serie

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.65366, -37.25445
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W; NE-SW
    Dip 70-75S-NW
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 500M
  • Dip 70-75S-NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ASSAY ARE: 15% PB, 15% ZN, 1/2 G/T AG; 4 G/T AU

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE HELENA VEIN, THERE IS AN ADIT 75 M LONG AND A SHAFT 8 M DEEEP. ON EL PORVENIR THERE IS A SHAFT 12 M DEEP AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 143 P. 85 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V. II P. 513

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WORKS THREE MINERALIZED VEINS HELENA, PORVENIR, AND SIN NOMBRE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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