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Quebrada De San Pedro

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005559
MRDS ID AR16102
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada De San Pedro
Alternate or previous names Antares, Alicia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.28276, -31.39745 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM NE OF MARAYES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • E FLANK SIERRA DE LA HUERTA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Sistema De Las Sierras Pampeanas
    Rock description Sistema De Las Sierras Pampeanas

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.28276, -31.39745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E TO N15W
    Dip 50E
    Length 60M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 30000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 12 wt-pct Manganese Major 1964
    Iron Fe 46 wt-pct Iron Major 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGETINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 364

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1984, P. 364.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "IRON CAP" OVER QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEINS DATA FOR "ALICIA" DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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