Gonzalito Mine

Past Producer in Rio Negro, Argentina with commodities Lead, Vanadium, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008179
MRDS ID D000144
Record type Site
Current site name Gonzalito Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.5993, -41.44758 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Relative position 106 KM SW OF SAN ANTONIO OESTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Negro(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Rio Negro

Comments on the location information

  • DNMG GIVES LOCATION AS WITHIN 41S TO 41-20S AND 65-15W TO 65-30W. ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitation, Silicification, Argilitization

Analytical data

Result ANGELELLI QUOTES VALVANO'S DATA FROM 1956 AS 38 % PB, 1.2% ZN, 437 G/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Valcheta Group;Valcheta Group;Valcheta Group
    Rock description Valcheta Group;Valcheta Group;Valcheta Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.5993, -41.44758

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault System

Ore body information

  • Length 825M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RELATED TO JURASSIC VOLCANISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1980
Production years 1953-1980

Mining district

District name Laguna Grande District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 21 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
    Silver Ag 180 g/mt Silver Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Inferred 23000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 15 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
    Silver Ag 158.865 g/mt Silver Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 SHAFTS, 7000 M OF GALERIES AT 6 LEVELS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 120 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FESTER, G. A., AND MAZZOLA, E., 1961-SEE USGS BULL. 1316

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. II: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, P. 393-704.

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, P. 516.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECTIONS SEPARATED BY A FRACTURE
Deposit LOCATION UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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