San Antonio Prospect

Occurrence in Salta, Argentina with commodity Lead
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094154
MRDS ID AR15087
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.29277, -24.82193 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 44 KM S60E OF SIJES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH BANK RIO SALADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Copalayo Formation
    Rock description Copalayo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.29277, -24.82193

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 85NW
    Length 600M
    Width 0.02M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TURNER, JCM, 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA MOJA 7C-NEVADO DE CACHI: DNGM BOL. 99, P. 78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT DEPTH THE VEIN BRANCHES INTO FOUR VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, Kr U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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