Quebrada De La Casa De Piedra

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Graphite
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005570
MRDS ID AR16115
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada De La Casa De Piedra
Alternate or previous names Adela, Lilia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.16612, -31.56412 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADES 12.5-34.5% GRAPHITE CARBON, AV. 27.8%

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.16612, -31.56412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 15-45S
    Length 60M
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1936, 1944, 1948

Mining district

District name Pie De Palo

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCORDANT WITH SCHISTOCITY, DATA FOR ADELA

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.