Guanaqueros

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005541
MRDS ID AR16083
Record type Site
Current site name Guanaqueros

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.68283, -30.86413 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 KM NW OF VILLA NUEVA

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

  • JUST N OF RIO ATUTIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated & Altered To Quartz, Adularia, Illate, Epidote, Chlorite & Pyrite

Analytical data

Result SINGLE SAMPLE: NO AU, AG, BACKGROUND BASE METALS, BUT ANOMALOUS AS (610 PPM)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.68283, -30.86413

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPEATED EPISODES OF BRECCIATION WITH ASSOCIATED QUARTZ-EPIDOTE-ILLITE VEINLETS, SEVERAL LARGE QUARTZ VEINS RADIATE FROM MARGIN OF DACITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atutia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHATWELL, DAVID, 1990, NEW EPITHERMAL GOLD PROSPECTS IN WESTERN ARGENTINA; MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1990, P. 989-991

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.