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Sierra Grande Area Fluorspar Mines

Producer in Rio Negro, Argentina with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069446
MRDS ID W006981
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Grande Area Fluorspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.33261, -41.74758 (WGS84)
Relative position SIERRA GRANDE IS 30 KM. W. OF SAN MATIAS GULF, ABOUT 85 KM. S.E. OF VALCHETA, RIO NEGRO PROVINCE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Negro(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Rio Negro

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.33261, -41.74758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sierra Grande Hematite - Magnetite Orebody

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Grande Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kaiser Minera Argentina, S. A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Material F
    Description Ap_Grade: ^97. % Caf2 (Acid Grade)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 97wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 - FIGURE BASED ON KAISER MINERA'S PLANT CAPACITY LOCATED AT PUERTO MADRYN

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MILL IN PUERTO MADRYN COMPLETED IN 1973. CAPACITY IS 180,000 MET. TONS/YR. ACID - GRADE FLUORSPAR. DISTANCE FROM MILL TO SIERRA GRAND IS 110 AIR KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    , 1973, "ARGENTINA," MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1973, P. 227

  • Deposit

    BOGERT, J.R., 1958, NEW ARGENTINE DISTRICT HAS PROMISING MN, FE, CAF2, WO3, PB AND CU DEPOSITS: MINING WORLD, APRIL 1958, V. 20, NO. 4, P. 49 - 51, 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT TYPE INFERRED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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