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Caapucu

Occurrence in Paraguay 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078522
MRDS ID W026889
Record type Site
Current site name Caapucu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -57.1992, -26.2141 (WGS84)
Relative position ASUNCION, 160 KM SE OF, AT PINDO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Paraguay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 63
Result SIO2 , 8.5
Result S
Result 0.28
Result AND P, TRACE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -57.1992, -26.2141
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Length 700M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY POTENTIAL ORES CONSIDERED HERE DESPITE ESTIMATED INFERRED RESERVES OF 100 MILLION MT.

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH REPRESENTS ORE VEINS WITH INFREQUENT OUTCROPS

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

    ECKEL, E.B., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PARAGUAY - A RECONNAISSANCE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 327, 109 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSOCIATE THIS WITH ANY SPECIFIC DEPOSIT OF THE DEPOSITS AROUND CAAPUCU DESCRIBED BY ECKEL (1959). RESERVES SEEM EXTREMELY LARGE COMPARED TO THESE DESCRIPTIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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