Dos Amigos

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Copper, Bismuth, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005565
MRDS ID AR16109
Record type Site
Current site name Dos Amigos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.44949, -30.63079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700
Relative position 5 KM NW OF TOCOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 SAMPLES - 0.33-0.93% CU, 250-1000 PPM BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Eastern Part Of Large Granodiorite Batholith
    Rock description Eastern Part Of Large Granodiorite Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.44949, -30.63079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 100M
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints In Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Leoncito

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. I, P. 107

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.