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Manto Blanco Quarry

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Halite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100624
MRDS ID AR15236
Record type Site
Current site name Manto Blanco Quarry
Alternate or previous names Nicodemus, Rosario, Salar Del Milagro, San Justo, San Telmo, Mercedes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.01363, -24.34861 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM W OF TOWN OF SALAR DE POCITOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • N PART OF SALAR DE POCITOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.01363, -24.34861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 6000M
    Width 800M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salar De Pocitos O Quiron

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Noguera Hnos.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mercedes Torres

Comments on the production information

  • MAPA MINERO SHOWS IT AS HAVING BEEN AN ACTIVE MINE IN 1966.
  • 600 T/PER MONTH

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS FOR TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA ANALES, V. XX, 208 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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

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