Cucurucho

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094167
MRDS ID AR16002
Record type Site
Current site name Cucurucho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.9995, -30.91413 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 KM WNW OF VILLA NUEVA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • RIO ATUTIA DRAINAGE SYSTEM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 5 SAMPLES- NO GOLD, BUT ANOMALOUS ARSENIC (90-280 PPM) IN ALL SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Brecciation & Alteration Over Several Hundred Meters, Replacement By Pyrite, Quartz, Kaolinite (Dickite) & Minor Anhydrite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.9995, -30.91413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atutia

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. , P. SHATWELL, DAVID, 1990, NEW EPITHERMAL GOLD PROSPECTS IN WESTERN ARGENTINA: MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST 1990, P. 989-991

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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