Yaucha

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094146
MRDS ID AR11185
Record type Site
Current site name Yaucha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.39947, -34.1808 (WGS84)
Elevation 2450
Relative position 58 KM SOUTHWEST OF SAN CARLOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Altered To Kaolin.

Analytical data

Result 263 G/MT AG IN GALENA, AV PB GRADE: 6.5%.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.39947, -34.1808

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 60 E
    Dip 65-70 SW
    Length 350M
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 15

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. 2, P. 508

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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