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Paramillos Norte

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004984
MRDS ID AR11187
Record type Site
Current site name Paramillos Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.24948, -32.49746 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 70 KM FROM MENDOZA, 35 KM FROM USPALLATA.

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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidization, Lixiviation, Enrichment

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.24948, -32.49746
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on development

  • "THE MODEL IS ASSIMILABLE [SIC] TO PORPHYRY COPPER" "EXPECTATIONS . . . CONCENTRATE IN THE VEIN-SHAPED [SIC] SYSTEM WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN MORE THAN 2000 X 10^3 T IN THE AREA OF BRECCIAS AND CRAQUETTING [SIC] ZONES WHERE THE VOLUME EXCESS 50000 X 10^3 T"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING SECRETARY, 1993, DIRECTORY OF MINING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARGENTINA REPUBLIC. P.223

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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