Zona El Tontal

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000142
MRDS ID AR16080
Record type District
Current site name Zona El Tontal
Alternate or previous names Carmen Alto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.19948, -31.58076 (WGS84)
Relative position DEVIDED IN TWO GROUPS, CERRO NORTE (31-35-00S, 069-12-00W) & CERRO SUR (31-36-00S, 069-11-00W), SEPARATED BY QUEBRADA LAS TRANCAS

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.19948, -31.58076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description BEDS - N30W, DIP 65SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1800

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner COMPANIA GENERAL SARMIENTO
  • Type Operator
    Owner CARMEN ALTO MINING COMPANY

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, PP. 533-535.

Beyond USGS

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