Quebrada Del Durazno

Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Dolomite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004184
MRDS ID AR00329
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Del Durazno
Alternate or previous names Veta De Cal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.74945, -30.24745 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 47 KM AL NO DE SAN AGUATIN DE VALLE FERTIL, Est (Ubicacion Aproximada Calculada En El Mapa Minero De La Pcia. De San Juan)

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
Dolomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SE TRATA DE UN MATERIAL COMPACTO DE ASPECTO SACAROIDE Y HOMOGENEO

Analytical data

Result EN % : OCA 35.88, MGO15.41, FE2O3 0.11, AL2O3 0.89, CO3CA 64.10, CO3MG 32.18

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.74945, -30.24745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Valle Fertil

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROUS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO-CUYO: BUENOS AIRES, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERA, ANALES XIX, 261 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Diego Silva Nieto Direccion Nacional de Mineria, Argentina

Beyond USGS

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