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Resistencia Y El Destino

Past Producer in Cordoba, Argentina with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061557
MRDS ID TC34470
Record type Site
Current site name Resistencia Y El Destino

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.53407, -32.35827 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 28 KM W OF BERROTARAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.53407, -32.35827
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAT, SHALLOW DIPPING FOLIATION IN METAMORPHOSED PERIDOTITE CUT BY AMPHIBOLITE (DIABASE) DIKES; FAULTS, FAULT BRECCIAS, COMMON IN TRENCHES AND PITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio De Los Sauces District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 500 TONNES IN A PILE; ORE HIGH FE CONSISTING MAINLY OF FERRICHROMITE AND MAGNETITE

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. I, P. 213.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI (1984)

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAGE (1993)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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