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La Sarita

Occurrence in Salta, Argentina with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078111
MRDS ID W026269
Record type Site
Current site name La Sarita
Alternate or previous names Agua Del Desierto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.68891, -24.4825 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position SALTA, 170 KM WNW OF; TACA TACA, 9 KM W OF; 20 KM E OF VEGA ARIZARO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON PUNA DE ATACAMA PLATEAU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 42 - 48 , AND SIO2 , 26 - 35 ALTHOUGH 60 PERCENT FE IS REPORTED IN SAME PLACES ( ALVARADO, 1970 )
Result 53 - 54 % FE, 18 % INSOLUBLE RESIDUES, 1.4 - 1.6 % CAO, 0.4 % S, AND 0.12 - 0.28 % P ( ANGELELLI, 1970 ).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.68891, -24.4825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS OF HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 3000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Complaced Along Fracture Regions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Puna Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970 , DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA DIRECCION NAC. DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ANALES, NO. 25 , P. 73 - 85

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD AR15241 COMBINED WITH THIS ONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-JUN-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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