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Flor De Los Andes

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Copper, Bismuth
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005566
MRDS ID AR16110
Record type Site
Current site name Flor De Los Andes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.54949, -30.64746 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 10 KM W OF TOCOTA

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
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Central Part Of Large Granodiorite Porphyry
    Rock description Central Part Of Large Granodiorite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.54949, -30.64746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 50M
    Width 0.4M

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 Surface/Underground
    Length 134M
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VEINS, WITH 3 LEVELS OF TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WORKED FOR CU, BI GRADES UNSATISFACTORY.

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, P. 105

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PERPENDICULAR VEINS. 6 SMAPLES - CU FROM 0.07-3.41%, BI 250 PPM

Reporter information

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

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

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