San Ignacio and Deseado

Occurrence in Misiones, Argentina with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078113
MRDS ID W026270
Record type Site
Current site name San Ignacio and Deseado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.1658, -25.91409 (WGS84)
Relative position POSADAS, 50 - 200 KM NE OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Misiones(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Misiones

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result IRON CONTENT OF RESERVES 30 PERCENT, HIGHSILICA AND ALUMINA, AND TRACE OF P WITH 4 - 5 PERCENT TIO2 AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.1658, -25.91409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Posadas Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 15000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 30 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE COULD BE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT REPORTED HERE.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.