Andacollo, Cerro San Antonio, Franklin, San Francisco

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Copper
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 10004987
MRDS ID AR11190
Record type Site
Current site name Andacollo, Cerro San Antonio, Franklin, San Francisco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.14947, -32.44746 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 KM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MENDOZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • ISOLATED ELEVATIONS NORTHWEST OF LA CORTADERITA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.14947, -32.44746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 35-40 NE
    Length 200M
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 25

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. 1, P. 162

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOVE INFORMATION FOR CERRO SAN ANTONIO. VEIN AT ADACOLLO, 150 M LONG, 0.7-1.2 M WIDE.

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.