Mine detail: Aragonesa Mine

Location:	La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long:	-28.98495, -67.66612
dep_id:	10004677
mrds_id:	AR10059
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
alteration:	Dacite Is Propylitized
Reporter:	Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Negro Peinado Formation
hrock_type:	Slate,Schist
arock_type:	Dacite
References:	Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II P. 498. Deposit:: JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, P. 85. Deposit:: HOSKOLD, H.D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES, NATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474P. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: HOSKOLD (1904).