General San Martin, Guillermo 2

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Sodium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004933
MRDS ID AR11118
Record type Site
Current site name General San Martin, Guillermo 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.86611, -32.49745 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 98 KM NORTHEAST OF MENDOZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.86611, -32.49745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection With Water Table.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years SINCE 1940'S

Mining district

District name 29 Distrito San Miguel

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1948
    Total resources 1840000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sodium Na2SO4 0.088 wt-pct Sodium Major 1948

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAN MARTIN

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AFTER MINING, MUST WAIT SEVEN YEARS FOR NEW LAYER TO BE DEPOSITED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 125-127

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI 1980, P. 127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE AREA= 89 HA (SAN MARTIN) I M OF SULFATE CONTAINING SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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