Region Leonardo

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001740
MRDS ID W026258
Record type District
Current site name Region Leonardo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.34949, -29.74746 (WGS84)
Relative position E FLANK OF CORDILLERA DE COLANGUIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.34949, -29.74746

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970 , DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA DIRECCION NAC. DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ANALES, NO. 25 , P. 73 - 85

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 284.

Beyond USGS

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