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Quebrada Amarilla

Occurrence in San Juan, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094170
MRDS ID AR16062
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Amarilla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.61614, -29.73079 (WGS84)
Relative position 57 KM NNW OF SAN JUAN DE JACHAL

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

  • 1.5 KM SW OF GUALCAMAYO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Juan Formation
    Rock description San Juan Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.61614, -29.73079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 150M
    Width 12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT SKARNS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, PP. 282-283

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1984, P. 283.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PRINCIPAL BODIES. GRADES: 14.1-31.8% FE (14.1-19.1, UP TO 49.2% FE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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