Los Senores Sosa Prospect

Occurrence in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron, Sulfur
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 10094128
MRDS ID AR01119
Record type Site
Current site name Los Senores Sosa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.92446, -27.90163 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Relative position 60 KM NW OF TINOGASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • ON W FLANK OF SIERRA DE VARVAEZ, 8 KM FROM LOS COLORADOS CHICOS, NEAR RIO DE LA TAMBERIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Agua Colorada Formation
    Rock description Agua Colorada Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.92446, -27.90163

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 85NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dique

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING TO 3 M DEPTH

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY TRENCHING IN 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN; 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIO; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. TURNER, JUAN CARLOS, 1967, DNGM BOL. 106, PP. 61-62

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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