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El Pararrayos Mine

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004668
MRDS ID AR10047
Record type Site
Current site name El Pararrayos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.60362, -29.00439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2450
Relative position 7 KM SW OF EL TOTORAL

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 QUEBRADA EL RAYO AT CUESTA DE ASPAJO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTEVE SAMPLES ASSAY 0.2-18 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Negro Peinado Formation;Nunorco Formation
    Rock description Negro Peinado Formation;Nunorco Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.60362, -29.00439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.2M
    Length 200M
    Width 1.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rio Amarillo Cooper Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS LARGEST WORKING IS AN ADIT 35 M LONG

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE MILLED AT TOTORAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I P. 148. JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, PP. 80-81

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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