Avestruces

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005480
MRDS ID AR16001
Record type Site
Current site name Avestruces

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.7995, -30.98079 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM WNW OF VILLA NUEVA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • IN AVESTRUCES VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 OF 8 SAMPLES CONTAINED AU: 0.1 &0.5 G/T; OTHER SAMPLES ANOMALOUS IN PB (UP TO 750 PPM) & AS (UP TO 370 PPM)

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Pyritized, Replaced By Quartz, Kaolin, Illite, Tourmaline, Epidote & Sphene

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.7995, -30.98079

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALONG SOUTHERN MARGIN OF GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atutia

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. , P. SHATWELL, DAVID, 1990, NEW EPITHERMAL GOLD PROSPECTS IN WESTERN ARGENTINA: MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1990, P. 989-991

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 KM SQ. AREA OF INTENSE BRECCIATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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