San Jorge

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005551
MRDS ID AR16094
Record type Site
Current site name San Jorge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.41616, -31.14746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 7 KM E OF BELLA VISTA

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
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED TO 20M

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.41616, -31.14746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 20M
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System - Principal Direction N-S To Nw, Secondary Sets N30e & Nw - Ore Located In Intersection Of N-S & Nw With N30e.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1924-1926, 1940-?

Comments on the production information

  • " A FEW TENS OF TONS OF LEAD ORE" IN 1924-1926 FROM 1940 ON, EXPLOITED FOR COPPER - "SELECTED" ORE OF 25-30% OR MORE CU.

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. I, PP. 191-192

  • 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.