Cerro Blanco

Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Limestone, General
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056738
MRDS ID TC00804
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Blanco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.34943, -31.38078 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 22 KM NE OF MARAYES; 160 KM BY ROAD 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
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE, LARGE TO FINE GRAINED, SOME PINK COLORING

Analytical data

Result GRADE: 53.3% CAO, 2.3% MGO, 2.4% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.34943, -31.38078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 50 TO 60 E
    Width 40M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMPHIBOLITE INCLUSIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, 1980, YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO-CUYO: BUENOS AIRES, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, ANALES XIX, P. 204, 261

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.