Puerto Alegre

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Mica
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005600
MRDS ID AR16152
Record type Site
Current site name Puerto Alegre
Alternate or previous names Manto De Busto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.68277, -30.61412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 23 KM W OF SAN AGUSTIN DE VALLE FERTIL

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

  • ALONG QUEBRADA DE USNO, S OF MOJON DE LAS YEGUAS (LA YEGUA?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STAINED MICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.68277, -30.61412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45NE
    Length 30M
    Width 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Usno

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

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.