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Los Dos Amigos

Occurrence in Neuquen, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005069
MRDS ID AR13049
Record type Site
Current site name Los Dos Amigos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.9161, -38.38085 (WGS84)
Relative position 69 KM NE OF PLAZA HUINCUL

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

  • 1 KM N OF RIO NEUQUEN, "CERRO ERNESTO", "CERRO 1", "CERRO 2"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.9161, -38.38085
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 500M
    Width 500M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS CONTAIN POINTS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1956
    Total resources 100886000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.62 wt-pct Copper Major 1956
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1956
    Total resources 186260000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1956

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1)- PROBABLE, ORE (2)- POSSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • 165 SAMPLES FROM PITS SPACED 25 M APART.

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. 176-178

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1984, P. 178.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION IN VARIOUS STRATA INTERBEDDED WITH UNMINERALIZED STRATA.

Reporter information

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

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