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Grupo Ethel

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Manganese
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  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004976
MRDS ID AR11176
Record type Site
Current site name Grupo Ethel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.71611, -35.94748 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 150 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN RAFAEL, 95 KM SOUTHEAST OF MALARGUE., Acc To 2 Min., Acc To 2 Min., Acc To 2 Min.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • SPREAD OUT OVER 10 KM IN THE GUAYQUERIAS COLORADAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Corrales Formation
    Rock description Corrales Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.71611, -35.94748
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 900M
    Width 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name 9 El Nevado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Minas Ethel S.R.L.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, P. 355

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRADE: 35-47% MN. DATA FOR ETHEL, THE MOST INTENSIVELY WORKED OF THE GROUP.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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