Nicolas Avellanedo

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005533
MRDS ID AR16072
Record type Site
Current site name Nicolas Avellanedo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.66617, -30.86413 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 KM NNW OF VILLA NUEVO

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

  • 5 KM WNW OF CASTANO VIEJO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE VALUE RANGE: 1.1-33.4% PB, 2.4-3.9% ZN, 0-710 G/T AG, 0-1.6% AS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Series Volcanics
    Rock description Porphyritic Series Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.66617, -30.86413

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Volcanic Layers, Strike N20-30e, Dip 35-42se

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 180M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name #6

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGEGILLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, PP. 531-532

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA REFERS TO MOST IMPORTANT "SYSTEM" MINERALIZATION IN ISOLATED LENSES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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