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Poncho

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10097643
MRDS ID AR10280
Record type Site
Current site name Poncho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.94946, -28.20996 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 KM WSW OF LA CIENAGA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIGHT SIDE OF QUEBRADA DEL TORO, 1 KM UPSTREAM FROM SANTA RITA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.94946, -28.20996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N-S
    Dip STEEPLY TO W
    Width 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 27 SAMPLES CONTAIN AVERAGE OF 7.64% PB, 3.64% ZN, 27.6 G/MT AG

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 35 M LONG WITH 70 M DRIFT. A 110 M ADITS WITH THREE BRANCHES, TWO OTHER WORKINGS.

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. II, P. 494-498

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR VEINS 0.50 TO 3.0 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Long, Keith R. 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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