Cerro Alto

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005567
MRDS ID AR16112
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Alto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.14945, -31.46412 (WGS84)
Relative position 35 KM E OF SAN JUAN

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

  • SIERRA PIE DE PALO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3 QUALITIES DISTINGUISHED IN DEPOSIT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.14945, -31.46412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Length 200M
    Width 8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pic De Palo

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia Minera San Felipe Srl

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 LEVELS of Workings Below Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET. AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 154-155

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 155.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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