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Los Guanacos Area

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. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061558
MRDS ID TC34471
Record type Site
Current site name Los Guanacos Area
Alternate or previous names Tigre Muerto, Includes Los Guanacos, El Rodeo, Ume Pay and Arbol Seco Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.63574, -32.18077 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18 KM W OF AMBOY, 12 KM S OF YACANTO, +/1 10 Minutes

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO DE LOS GUANACOS; UME PAY IS 4 KM S OF LOS GUANACOS, ARBOL SECO IS 5 KM ESE OF LOS GUANACOS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ARBOL SECO: 5.5% SIO2, 46.27% CR2O3, 26.10% AL2O3, 0.15% FE2O3, 18.07% FEO, 8.66%MGO, 1.68% CAO, 3.35% MNO
Result LOS GUANACOS: 0.5% SIO2, 37.97% CR2O3, 21.00% AL2O3, 0.34% FE2O3, 16.54% FEO, 12.73% MGO, 2.00% CAO, 3.58% MGO

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) -64.63574, -32.18077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Rosa District

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1944-1945
    Material ORE (1)
    Description Cp_Grade: ^19-32% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 26wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE (1) LOS GUANACOS; ORE (2) UME PAY; ORE (3) ARBOL SECO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOS GUANACOS OVER 70 TRENCHES, PITS, HOLES; EL RODEO PIT 25 M X 15 M BY 8 M DEEP; UME PAY, OPEN PIT; ARBOL SECO, 14 PITS, TRENCHES, HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, (1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOS GUANACOS, 10-15 M WIDE, VARIOUS PODS, LARGEST 350 METRIC TONS

Reporter information

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

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