Medano Rico

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10005562
MRDS ID AR16105
Record type Site
Current site name Medano Rico
Alternate or previous names Mogna & Moquinera ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.36613, -30.74745 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 KM SSE 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
Boltwoodite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.36613, -30.74745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Leached From Rock & Deposited In Reducing Areas

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, P. 598

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOST IMPORTANT SECTOR, AZULEJOS, HAS 6 LENSES OVER 2,000M, EACH 100M X 0.5-1.0M, & GRADES OF 0.3-0.5%. OTHER SECTORS ARE MEDANO RICO & CUCULI

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.