Quebrada La Petaca

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Graphite
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097673
MRDS ID AR16118
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada La Petaca
Alternate or previous names Minas Susy, Estefania, La Rosita, Laprida, El Triunfo, Arcadia, Juanita, Los Dos Hermanos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.13278, -31.46412 (WGS84)
Relative position 38 KM E OF SAN JUAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.13278, -31.46412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3.5M
    Width 0.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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. 114-115

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI 1980, P. 114.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FOR MIRA LAPRIDA

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.