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Santa Filomena

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004176
MRDS ID AR00318
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Filomena
Alternate or previous names Sector Occidental De Huachi, Donde Tambien Existen Las Minas: El Guanaco, San Jose, San Alberto, Dolores, Jachalera Etc. De Escasa Magnitud

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.8717, -29.91413 (WGS84)
Elevation 3250
Relative position RODEO 59 KM AL SUR

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

  • ACCESO BUENO, MANO DE OBRA DISPONIBLE EN AGUALASTO, RODEO Y JACHAL; ALTA TENSION EN VILLA MERCEDES A 27 KM (13.2 KW), CLIMA SEMIDESERTICO, FRIO Y SECO. FOTOGRAFIA AEREA ESPARTAN FAJA 118 - 7-8 Y 9 (ANO 1966).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TEXTURA MINERAL DE GRANO FINO

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Caolinitizacion, Cloritizacion

Analytical data

Result AU 12 G/T, 16 G/T, 57 G/T
Result AG 100 G/T, 60 G/T, 128 G/T, 244 G/T
Result CU 3.40%, 11,84%, 4.51%, 9,31%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Formation Del Aspero
    Rock description Formation Del Aspero

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.8717, -29.91413
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturas Radiales Que Tienden A Converger Hacia El Centro Donde Afloran Los Intrusivos De La Quebrada Agua Amarga.

Ore body information

  • General form VETIFORME, RELLENO DE FISURAS
    Strike VETA SANTA FILOMENA: E-W
    Dip 82S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fallamiento

Comments on the geologic information

  • LA ANDESITA TIENE GRAN EXTENSION AREAL, EN ELLA SE PRODUJO EL FRACTURAMIENTO QUE SIRVIO DE ALOJAMIENTO A LA MINERALIZACION. SE RECONOCEN DOS SISTEMAS DE FRACTURAS PRINCIPALES UNO DE RUMBO PRINCIPAL E-W A N75E, VERTICAL A SUBVERTICAL, OTRO DE RUMBO N25E Y SUAVE BUZAMIENTO AL N. EL PRIMER SISTEMA ES EL MAS IMPORTANTE DESDE EL PUNTO DE VISTA MINERO ECONOMICO, PUES CONTIENE LA MINERALIZACION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Corvalan Josue Y Julio I. Calle

Mining district

District name No. 5

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cormina S.A. - Mitre 455 (E), San Juan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RECURSOS: 5508 TON CON 11.8 G/T AU, 116.7 G/T AG, 7.23% CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 6HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ESCASO LABOREO EXPLORATORIO CONSISTENTE EN RAJOS A CIELO ABIERTO, CHIFLONES, PIQUES, ALGUNOS CORTAVETAS Y ESTOCADAS.

Comments on development

  • EL LABOREO DESARROLLADO NO SE AJUSTA A NINGUN METODO CONVENCIONAL, EXTRACCION MANUAL. ; ECON.COM: EL YACIMIENTO DE SANTA FILOMENA CONSTITUYE UN DEPOSITO AURO-CUPRIFERO DE REDUCIDAS DIMENSIONES Y ALTOS VALORES DE MENA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME DE LAS MINAS DE HUACHI, 1950. BANCO INDUSTRIAL DE LA NACION POR JOSE SALAS Y CARLOS SANCHES. (INEDITO), BS.AS.

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ MURILLO, M. 1980. INFORME GEOLOGICO-MINERO DEL SECTOR OCCIDENTAL DE LAS MINAS DE HUACHI, DPTO, JACHAL. SAN JUAN. DEPARTAMENTO PROVINCIAL DE MINERIA DE SAN JUAN (INEDITO).

  • Deposit

    EVALUACION PREVIA "PROYECTO MINAS DE HUACHI (SECTOR OCCIDENTAL) Y MINA SANTA FILOMENA (GTZ Y FONEM). 1986. CARPETAS J0006-00 Y J0004-00. DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA. BS. AS. (INEDITO).

  • Reserve-Resource

    CARPETAS DE EVALUACION PREVIA NROS. J0004-00 Y J0006-00

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: COMIENZOS DE SIGLO XX
Deposit SANTA FILOMENA: 120 X 0.30 X 60 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1986 Borelli E. - Pena G. Direccion Nacional de Mineria, Argentina
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Diego Silva Nieto Direccion Nacional de Mineria, Argentina

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