Cerro Aspero

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Uranium
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 10005561
MRDS ID AR16104
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Aspero

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.73281, -29.64746 (WGS84)
Relative position 65 KM N OF SAN JOSE DE JACHAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADES 1.0-3.0% U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Panacan Formation, Central Member
    Rock description Panacan Formation, Central Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.73281, -29.64746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 50M
    Width 5M

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. II, PP. 597-598

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES STRUNG OUT OVER 3.5 KM N-S BELT

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.