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Salamanca Talc Mines

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061549
MRDS ID TC34463
Record type Site
Current site name Salamanca Talc Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.45059, -33.32829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Relative position 32 KM W OF TUPUNGATO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • IN FOOTHILLS OF PORTILLO RANGE, SOUTH OF RIO LAS TUNAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.45059, -33.32829
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Ne Shear-Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT-SHEAR ZONE 10'S OF METERS WIDE BETWEEN AND IN SERPENTINED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT ARE CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS AND APLITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST FOUR LEVELS OVER VERTICAL EXTENT OF 100-150M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MATERIAL TRUCKED TO MENDOZA WHERE IT IS GROUND AND CLEANED; IN MAY 1993 THERE WERE ABOUT 10 WORKERS; APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN PRODUCTION FOR MANY YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MRDS RECORD TC00597 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Deposit MAY HAVE OTHER NAMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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