Los Cerezos Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004840
MRDS ID AR10279
Record type Site
Current site name Los Cerezos Mine
Alternate or previous names Modelo, Morado, San Victorio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.68473, -29.32189 (WGS84)
Relative position 25

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

  • 6 KM NW OF SANOGASTA, ON S FLANK OF SIERRA DEL FAMATINA, BETWEEN RIO DE TRINIDAD TO THE N AND RIO MIRANDA TO THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.68473, -29.32189

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-NW
    Dip W-VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 50M
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

    E. DE ALBA, 1979, DNGM BOL. 163; P. 74.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.