Unchime

Unknown 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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303797
MAS/MILS ID 3570310002
Record type Site
Current site name Unchime

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.39941, -24.78079 (WGS84)

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

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SALTA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.39941, -24.78079

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Altos Hornos Guemes
    Home office Argentina
    Year 1972

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 35000000mt ore
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 37 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, 1970 479 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAJOR NEW PROJECTS AND EXPANSION PROGRAMMES

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AMERICA, ARGENTINA, V. 125, NO.3 1971,P. 267

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAJOR NEW PROJECTS AND EXP. PROGRAMMES:

  • Deposit

    SOUTH AMERICA, ARGENTINA; V. 127, NO. 3, 1972 P. 305

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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