Paso De Indios

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056516
MRDS ID TC00549
Record type Site
Current site name Paso De Indios

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.99937, -43.49766 (WGS84)
Relative position 90 KM FROM PASO DE INDIOS

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

  • AREA GIVEN AS 43-10S TO 43-45S AND 68-45W TO 69-30W

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.99937, -43.49766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TENTATIVE GRADES FOR UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF ORE.

Comments on development

  • PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION ; ECON.COM: ROYALITY OF 4-8% TO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
  • TOTAL$: 0.48 ; ECON.COM: SOME MINING FEASIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL POLYMETALIC
Deposit MESOTHERMAL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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