Cerro Negro Prospect

Occurrence in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004223
MRDS ID AR01019
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negro Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -66.99527, -27.28307 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM SSE OF CAPILLITAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • IN FRONT OF EL CANDADO BY RIO DEL CANDADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -66.99527, -27.28307

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 20M
    Width 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE PROSPECT HAS NO ECONOMIC VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.70 P.68

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN ABOVE APPLY ONLY TO THE OUTCROPPING PORTION OR THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.