Mine detail: El Quevar Mine

Previously called 'El Queva'

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.30889, -66.79556

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Sulfur, Barium-Barite, Arsenic
Ore:	Cassiterite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSE AND IRREGULAR POCKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pastos Grandes Group;Calchaquense Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Rhyodacite,Dacite,Latite,Andesite
Structure:	Strato Volcano 44x26 Km In Area
Tectonic:	Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:	Argellic And Silicification

References

MRDS	AR15012
DEP	10005230
Reference	{Deposit:: ANGELELLI(1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.2 P.523 SILLITOE(1975) LEAD-SIVER, MAGANESE, AND NATIVE SULFUR MINERALIZATION WITHIN A STRATOVOLCANO, EL QUEVA, NORTHERN ARGENTINA IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.70, P.1190-120}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SILLITOE, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.70, 1975, P.1191}
Reporter	Sow, Thierno