1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Encarnacion

Occurrence in Paraguay with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093761
MRDS ID W026888
Record type Site
Current site name Encarnacion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -55.89916, -27.33074 (WGS84)
Relative position ENCARNACION, ON RIVER PARANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paraguay(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Paraguay

Comments on the location information

  • PRODUCTION AND SAFE OF ORE AS EXTRACTED ARE OUT OF QUESTION BECAUSE OF LOW GRADE AND LACK OF 10 CAL MARKET. HOWEVER, LOCAL CONDITIONS SEEMING TO WARRANT CONTINUED PROSPECTING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE: 1) LOCATION OF DEPOSITS ON RIVER PARANA, THE MAIN ACCESS RONTE OF PARAQUAY; 2) ABUNDANCE OF TIMBER TO BE FILLED TO PERMIT ORE EXTRACTION AND USABLE TO SUPPLY FUEL FOR THE REDUCTION PROCESS; 3) LOW OPERATING COST BECAUSE OF POSITION OF LATERULE; 4) EASE OF TRANSPORTATION TO ARGENTINA OF AGGLOMERATED ORE, SPONGE IRON OR BILLETS BY RIVER OR BY RAIL FROM POSADAS, A TOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE PORANA; 5) LOCATION NEAR PARAGUAY'S FUTURE SOURCES OF POWER FOR ESTABLISHING HEAVY INDUSTRY; AND 6) SUITABLITY OF ORE FOR SPONGE IRON PRODUCTION AND POSSIBLY PELLETIZATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 35
Result SIO2 , 30 - 40
Result S, 0.01
Result AND P, TRACE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -55.89916, -27.33074
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LATERITE CRUST
    Thickness 5M
    Length 400000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 2000000000mt ore
    Indicated 10000000000mt ore
    Inferred 250000000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970
  • MEASURED RESERVES 2 - 3 MILLION M. T., INDICATED 10 - 12 MILLION M. T., INFERRED 250 - 300 MILLION M. T.

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH REPRESENTS INTERMITTENT 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

    1966 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    1966 RECONN

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO; BENJAMIN, 1970

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site