Grupo Inierno, Descubridora

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094145
MRDS ID AR11179
Record type Site
Current site name Grupo Inierno, Descubridora
Alternate or previous names Santa Teresa, Celia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.78278, -34.6308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1375
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 45 KM WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAN RAFAEL.

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

  • LOCATED IN A "SAVAGE LANDSCAPE".

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PYRITE CONTAINS 18 G/MT AG AND 2 G/MT AU IN "INFIERNO".

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.78278, -34.6308

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Triassic Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name 11

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 2, P. 506-507.

  • Deposit

    DESSARTI, R. N., 1956, DESCRIPTION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 27C- CERRO DIAMANTE; BUENOS AIRES, DIRRECCION NAC. DE MINERIA, BOL. 85, P. 61.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FOR INFIERNO

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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