Las Penas Bayas

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005557
MRDS ID AR16100
Record type Site
Current site name Las Penas Bayas
Alternate or previous names La Cruces, Miguel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.6495, -30.19746 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 KM TO THE W OF RODEO

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 QUEBRADAS MOLLE, AGUA BLANCA & ARROYITO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADES APPARENTLY POOR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Metasediments
    Rock description Metasediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.6495, -30.19746

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGETINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 658

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME IMPREGNATIONS OF WOLFRAMITE IN THE GRANITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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