1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Fin Del Mundo

Prospect in Tierra Del Fuego, Antartida E Islas Del Atlantico Sur, Argentina with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064820
MRDS ID TC39368
Record type Site
Current site name Fin Del Mundo
Alternate or previous names Arroyo Rojo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.27809, -54.73096 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM N OF USHUAIA, Acc +/- 10 Minutes, Acc +/- 10 Minutes, Acc +/- 10 Minutes

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tierra Del Fuego, Antartida E Islas Del Atlantico Sur(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Tierra Del Fuego, Antartida E Islas Del Atlantico Sur

Comments on the location information

  • GOSSAN CAPPED ARROYO ROJO OUTCROP IN HANGING VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Zone Of Chloritic Alteration Around Core Of Sericitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result ARROYO ROJO MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 210 M LONG LENS AVERAGED: 1.45% CU, 1.64% PB, 7.13% ZN, 0.21 G/MT AU, 48.4 G/MT AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.27809, -54.73096
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name ARROYO ROJO
    General form LENS
    Length 210M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 45 KM E-W TRENDING PACKAGE OF ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Encajonada Mineral Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Joe Minerals (1970'S); Yamana Resources-Noranda
    First year 1994

Comments on development

  • ST. JOE DID STREAM SEDIMENTS AND IDENTIFIED SEVERAL PB, ZN, CU ANOMALIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    DAWSON (1995)

  • Deposit

    DAWSON, STEVE, 1995, YAMANA, NORANDA EXPLORE FIN DEL MONDO PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 81, NO. 9, P. 1-2

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-95 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site