La Sarita

Prospect in Salta, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279982
MAS/MILS ID 3570310003
Record type Site
Current site name La Sarita

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -67.33276, -24.4975 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -67.33276, -24.4975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 5000000mt ore
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED NATIONS, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES: OCCURRENCE

  • Reserve-Resource

    AND APPRAISAL; NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1970, 479, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED 70 KILOMETERS WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SALTA THE GRADE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF IRON. THE AMOUNT OF IRON IN THE ORE RANGES FROM 48 TO 43 PERCENT, WITH SOME AREAS CONTAINING UP TO 60 PER CENT IRON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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