Amancay

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005548
MRDS ID AR16090
Record type Site
Current site name Amancay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.5995, -30.81413 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700
Relative position 27 KM NNW 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmaline & Epidote Filling Joints In Granodiorite Andesite Dikes Are Intensely Propylitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Amancay Granodiorite;
    Rock description Amancay Granodiorite;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.5995, -30.81413

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N30E
    Dip 55NW
    Length 18M
    Width 4.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Leoncito

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 243M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS FOR TUNNELS
  • 4 LEVELS of Workings Below Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGETINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, PP. 103-104

  • 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.