Mine detail: Helvecia Mine

Previously called 'Helvecia IHelvecia IiCerro Urcushum'

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.55857, -68.76059

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Gypsum, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Jarosite, Malachite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES, PODS
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1945
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	San Juan Formation;
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	TC00585
DEP	10056543
Reference	{Analytical Data:: ANON. (1995)}{Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. II: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, P. 393-704.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1995, PLATA TO FOCUS ON ARGENTINE ZINC PROPERTY: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 81, NO. 9, P. 1-2.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ANGELELLI,VICTORIO, 1984, P. 497}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.