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La Pepita

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Gold
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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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056560
MRDS ID TC00606
Record type Site
Current site name La Pepita
Alternate or previous names Pablo, Francisco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.83278, -34.54747 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM W FROM 25 DE MAYO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE. POSITION APPROXIMATELY IDENTICAL TO PICAZAS.
  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE. SW OF CERRO LOS COLORADOS.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.83278, -34.54747
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Agausa S. A.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 205000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 296 g/mt Silver Major 1991
    Lead Pb 7.11 wt-pct Lead Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 4.34 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991
    Arsenic As 3.3 wt-pct Arsenic Major 1991
    Gold Au 0.5 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) INDICATED, ORE(2) SUSPECTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMERIOUS WORKINGS AT MANTO POROSO, BOTH OLD AND MODERN, WHICH EXTEND UP TO 200 M

Comments on development

  • EXPL$: .2
  • TOTAL$: 0.5

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRRECION 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 VEINS AND LAYERS , VEINS FROM A FEW CM TO 1.5 M THICK , 3 LAYERS 1-8 M THICK. SECONDARY ENRICHMENT ZONE- ORIGINALLY LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS DEPOSITING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, & QUARTZ IN FRACTURES AND PORES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Bolm, Karen S. 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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