Quebrada Piedras Pintadas

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005572
MRDS ID AR16117
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Piedras Pintadas
Alternate or previous names Ana, Adela Ii

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

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) -68.14945, -31.46412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pie De Palo

Comments on the workings information

  • CONCORDANT WITH SCHISTOCITY

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. 115-116

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATE - GRAPHITE SCHIST, 20% GRAPHITE, AND MINE IS A 120X40 M AREA OF VEINLETS AND GRAPHITIC SCHIST

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.