Palo Quenado

Occurrence in Neuquen, Argentina with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005074
MRDS ID AR13055
Record type Site
Current site name Palo Quenado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.59945, -38.01419 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 95 KM SE 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Diamante Formation (Or Rayozo)
    Rock description Diamante Formation (Or Rayozo)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.59945, -38.01419

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 1800M
    Width 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Organic Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Los Chichuidos

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. 593-594.

  • Deposit

    RAMOS, VICTOR A., 1981, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 33C, LOS CHIUIDOS NORTE; BUENOS AIRES, SGN, BOL. 182.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 LEVELS IN 30-40 M. 220 LODES UP TO 5 M IN DIAMETER AND 5-30 CM THICK. AVERAGE GRADE 2.5% U3O8, 20% V2O5, 19% CU.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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