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Huemules

Past Producer in Chubut, Argentina with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056512
MRDS ID TC00544
Record type Site
Current site name Huemules

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.49947, -42.78098 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM FROM ESQUEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chubut(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Chubut

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.49947, -42.78098
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Argentina De Cemento Armado.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Provincial Government

Comments on the production information

  • ANON. (1994).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SECTOR A: 2,000 T ESTIMATED, 10,000 TENTATIVE, GRADING 69 G/T AU AND 35 G/T AU; SECTOR B: 10,000 T TENTATIVE, GRADING 7.5 G/T AU; SECTOR C: 250,000 T TENTATIVE, GRADING 22 G/T AU

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: INVESTMENT FROM $1,000,000 TO $10,000,000. ROYALITY: 2% P.N.U.D., 4 TO 8% FOR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. SUNSHINE MINING WILL COMPLETE $2.1 MILLION EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (1994).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTIINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1994, SUNSHINE POSTS REDUCED LOSS: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 38, P. 15.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE CEMENT ARMADO HAS SHIPPED 4000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 3 OZ GOLD PER TON SPORADICALLY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBVOLCANIC, HYDROTHERMAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. 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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