Santa Rosa Prospect

Occurrence in Salta, Argentina with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005323
MRDS ID AR15136
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.25275, -22.4167 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 35 KM S58W OF SANTA VICTORIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • 1 KM N OF PUTU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Santa Rosita Formation
    Rock description Santa Rosita Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.25275, -22.4167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 50SW
    Thickness 10M
    Length 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TURNER, JCM, 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 2C, SANTA VICTORIA: DNGM BOL. 104, P. 83

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 0.8M WIDE AT SURFACE, 10M WIDE AT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Long, Kr U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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