Los Charchitos

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094173
MRDS ID AR16157
Record type Site
Current site name Los Charchitos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.64944, -30.54745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 20 KM WNW OF SAN AGUSTIN DE VALLE FERTIL

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

  • 6 KM SOUTH OF "GLADYS" MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.64944, -30.54745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 40N
    Length 60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Usno

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET. AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSES OF FELDSPAR VISIBLE OVER 500 SQ M.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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