Maria Teresa

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005560
MRDS ID AR16103
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Teresa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -68.87157, -30.8127 (WGS84)
Relative position 73 KM NNW OF RODEO

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

  • ALONG QUEBRADA POTRERILLO, E FLANK CORDILLERA DE COLANGUIL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leonardo Granite, Assoc. Colanguil Batholith
    Rock description Leonardo Granite, Assoc. Colanguil Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -68.87157, -30.8127

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 125M
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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, PP. 284-285

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FOR LARGEST OF 3 VEINS, EL POTRERITO - CONTAINS 24.0-61.0% FE, 10.0-51.3% SIO2.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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