El Teniente

Producer in Neuquen, Argentina with commodity Barium-Barite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10106626
MRDS ID	AR13220
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Teniente
Alternate or previous names	Mines: El Teniente, El Rata, Melida Carmen, Pichaihue, Daphane, Eduardo Luis, Lota, Jose Alejandro, Churr Taca, Milla Piuque, Cullin Cura

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-70.2328, -37.73919 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	40-60 KM S OF CHOS MALAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Neuquen(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Argentina	Neuquen

Comments on the location information

8 MINES AND PROSPECTS ALONG 20 KM BELT SOUTH OF EL TENIENTE, FOR WHICH COORDINATES ARE GIVEN.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-70.2328, -37.73919	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	AR13220

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MAPA MINERO, PROVINCIA DEL NEUQUEN , 1970-1971.
Deposit

DE BRODTKORB, M. K., RAMOS V., BARBIERI, M., AND AMETRANO, S., 1982, THE EVAPORITIC CELESTITE-BARITE DEPOSITS OF NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 17, P. 423-436.
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	CHURRTACA IS A VEIN.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1993	Venable, Margaret	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JAN-1994	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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