San Roque Mine

Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodity Uranium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004805
MRDS ID AR10233
Record type Site
Current site name San Roque Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.27193, -30.21273 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM N OF PAGANZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • BY RIO VILGO ON S FLANK OF SIERRA BAJA DE LOS PORTEZUELOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.27193, -30.21273

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE
    Dip SUBVERTICAL
    Thickness 3M
    Length 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Diabase Dyke And Sandstones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 582-584.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1983; VOL. 2, P. 584.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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