Mine detail: Esperanza Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

-23.29474, -66.00194

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Padrioc Formation;Aguilar Granite
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Located Within Contact Metamorphic Halo Of Aguilar Granite (Albite-Epidote Hornfels Facies)

References

MRDS	AR08199
DEP	10004561
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F, 1955, GEOLOGIE DER BLEI-ZINKERZLAGERSTATTE AGUILAR (ARGENTINIEN): ERZMETALL, V. 8, P. 551-598 GEMMELL, JB AND OTHERS, 1992, GENESIS OF THE AGUILAR ZINC-LEAD-SILVER DEPOSIT, ARGENTINA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 87, P. 2085-211}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Sow, Thierno