Zona El Fierro Alto

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000139
MRDS ID AR16077
Record type District
Current site name Zona El Fierro Alto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.4495, -29.46416 (WGS84)
Relative position E FLANK OF CORDILLERA COLANGUIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.4495, -29.46416

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description METASEDIMENTS, STRIKE E-W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

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. 540.

Beyond USGS

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