Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Padrioc Formation;Aguilar Granite
Associated rockGranite
AlterationLocated Within Contact Metamorphic Halo Of Aguilar Granite (Albite-Epidote Hornfels Facies)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10004561
MRDS IDAR08199
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-23.29474, -66.00194
References
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. 2085-2112CIMRI