Santa Rosa

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097670
MRDS ID AR16066
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.4995, -28.74746 (WGS84)

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

  • BETWEEN QUEBRADA LOS MOGOTES & QUEBRADA DE LOS CHILENOS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.4995, -28.74746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70N TO VERTICAL
    Length 500M
    Width 0.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diorite Porphyry - Slate Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940-1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1940-1942
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^73-75%Pb, 1.2-1.5% Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 74wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGEGILLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, PP. 540-541

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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