La Punilla

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005483
MRDS ID AR16005
Record type Site
Current site name La Punilla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.03281, -29.88079 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Relative position 15 KM NE OF MALIMAN ABAJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD VALUES LOW IN VEINS CONTAINING GALENA & CHALCOPYRITE. AU VALUES GENERALLY LOW (1-2.5 G/T AU) WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS (47-52 G/T AU).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.03281, -29.88079

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schist Foliation, N35e/70w

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N05W TO N60W
    Dip 20-90
    Length 60M
    Width 0.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

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. II, P. 445. MINING SECRETARY, 1993, DIRECTORY OF MINING & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SERVICES, P. 335-336

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT 2.5 KM N-S BY 1.5 E-W

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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