Mine detail: El Quevar Mine

Previously called 'El Queva'

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Location: Salta, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -24.30889, -66.79556
dep_id: 10005230
mrds_id: AR15012
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Sulfur, Barium-Barite, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Stephanite
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSE AND IRREGULAR POCKET
alteration: Argellic And Silicification
ore_ctrl: Premineral Fault System
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Pastos Grandes Group;Calchaquense Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate
arock_type: Rhyodacite,Dacite,Latite,Andesite
Structure: Strato Volcano 44x26 Km In Area
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • 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
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