Los Congos

Past Producer in Cordoba, Argentina with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105189
MRDS ID TC34467
Record type Site
Current site name Los Congos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.71185, -31.99743 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SW OF ATHOS PAMPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5.89% SIO2, 41.66% CR2O3, 20.25% AL2O3, 0.17% FE2O3, 12.24% FEO, 11.66% MGO, 2.02% MNO

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.71185, -31.99743

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODIFORM
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED AND FOLDED (?) ULTRAMAFIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Rosa District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. I, P. 212-213.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS FROPM 50-80 CM
Deposit LOMA PELADA, EL COQUITO, LOS HUEQUITOS ARE OTHER MINE NAMES IN IMMEDIATE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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