San Martin

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090260
MRDS ID AR00328
Record type Site
Current site name San Martin
Alternate or previous names Yacimiento De Hematita De Agua Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.24949, -30.24746 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 62 KM AL N DE LA LOCALIDAD DE RODEO, Est (Lat Long Es Para Dept.Iglesia)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESO REGULAR, A 26 KM DE LA JUNTA DE LAS QDAS. DE ARREQUINTIN Y AGUA NEGRA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA HEMATITA SE PRESENTA EN LA VARIEDAD ESPECULARITA, CONSTITUYENDO MASAS COMPACTAS O GUIAS DE GRAN PUREZA,.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) La Roca De Caja Se Encuentra En Parte Decolorida Y Epidotizada En Grado Variable.

Analytical data

Result EL PORCENTAJE: FE 65.71, MNO VEST., S 0.02, SIO2 6.13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.24949, -30.24746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VETIFORME
    Strike VETA PRINCIPAL: N40-45E
    Dip 60NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • EL CUERPO 1 TIENE 20 M DE LARGO POR 4 DE POTENCIA MAXIMA, MIENTRAS QUE EL 2 MIDE 18 M DE RECORRIDO CON UN ESPESOR MAXIMO DE 3.5 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Mining district

District name Agua Negra

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SE HAN INFERIDO RESERVAS DE 15 TON METRICAS CON 60-69 % DE FE.

Comments on development

  • EL YACIMIENTO CARECE DE LABORES Y SE ENCUENTRA Y SE ENCUENTRA EN PARTE CUBIERTO POR DETRITO DE FALDA.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL YACIMIENTO COMPRENDO DOS VETAS MAS O MENOS PARALELAS SITUADAS A POCA DISTANCIA UNA DE OTRA, AFLORANDO CON INTERMITENCIA POR UNOS 230 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Diego Silva Nieto Direccion Nacional de Mineria, Argentina

Beyond USGS

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