El Quebrachito

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005532
MRDS ID AR16071
Record type Site
Current site name El Quebrachito
Alternate or previous names Del Valle, Irene, Liliana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.3161, -31.41412 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 KM N OF MARAYES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE QUEBRADA "EL QUEBRACHITO"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON CAPS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Propylitization Of Mafics, Uralitization Of Pyroxenes, & Sericitization Of Plagioclases Near The Veins

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.3161, -31.41412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N-S
    Dip 45E-90
    Width 0.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marayes

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 28M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET. AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. CASTRO DE MACHUCA, BRIGIDA, AND SARMIENTO, JORGE, 1987, LAS MANIFESTACIONES MINERALES DE LA QUEBRADA "EL QUEBRACHITO" DISTRITO MINERO MARAYES, PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA; IN DECIMO CONGRESO GEOLOGICO ARGENTINA, SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN, 1987, ACTAS II, 165-169

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR POCKETS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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