La Esperanza, Potos, Irma, Mimi, Magdalena

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10004983
MRDS ID AR11184
Record type Site
Current site name La Esperanza, Potos, Irma, Mimi, Magdalena
Alternate or previous names La Salvadora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.3661, -35.29747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 23 KM SOUTH 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
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
    Rock unit name Agua Escondida Formation; Corrales Formation
    Rock description Agua Escondida Formation;Corrales Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.3661, -35.29747

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 150M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 9

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISSION DE INVESTIGECIONES CIENTIFICAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORE THAN 100 VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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