Chezanco

Prospect in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097384
MRDS ID TC39367
Record type Site
Current site name Chezanco
Alternate or previous names Rio Frio Concession

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.82507, -29.5669 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • IN MIDDLE PART OF RIO FRIO CONCESSION NEAR CHILE-ARGENTINA BORDER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.82507, -29.5669

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 800M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Argentina Gold
    First year 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE TO DEPTH OF 100 M.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING, SAMPLING, DRILLING, UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT IN MID 1980'S - VEINS CONTAIN UP TO 300 G/MT AU AND ARE UP TO 0.5 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHRISTIE, BRIAN, 1995, ARGENTINA GOLD EXPLORES GOLD SYSTEMS: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 50, P. 1-2

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 0.3-2 M THICK AND 700-800 M LONG; IRREGULAR ANASTOMOSING VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUN-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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