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Paso Pindo Deposit

Occurrence in Paraguay with commodity Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095996
MRDS ID TC35961
Record type Site
Current site name Paso Pindo Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.09948, -26.31076 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM N18E OF VILLA FLORIDA, 5 KM E OF KILOMETER POST 157 ON VILLA FLORIDA-CAAPUCU HIGHWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Paraguay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.09948, -26.31076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, FILMS
    Strike N65E
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FEW POUNDS OF ORE MINED AND SORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TEST PITS 3-4 M DEEP, SHALLOW OPEN CUTS OVER AREA 50 X 100 SQUARE METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR, METERS WIDE, IN APLITE DIKES CUTTING COARSE PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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