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Sierra Pintada

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Uranium, 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004967
MRDS ID AR11164
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Pintada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.63278, -34.6308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050
Relative position 30 KM WEST OF SAN RAFAEL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2.1% AND 3.45% IN TWO DRILL HOLES 600 M APART.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brannerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Yacimiento Formation Los Reyunos; Sierra De Cochico Formation
    Rock description Yacimiento Formation Los Reyunos;Sierra De Cochico Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.63278, -34.6308
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Dip 15-30 IN VAR. DIR.
    Thickness 15M
    Length 1600M
    Width 600M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 13

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH GRADE IS TREATED IN PLANT IN MALARGUE (300 T/DAY), AND LOW GRADE IS TREATED BY LEACHING IN 7000 T VATS.

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 2, P. 584-589

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO 100 M OF OVERBURDEN TOWARDS THE WEST. VARIOUS ORE BODIES SEPARATED BY 520 M.

Reporter information

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

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

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