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Grupo San Pedro District

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Tungsten, Sulfur, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004666
MRDS ID AR10045
Record type Site
Current site name Grupo San Pedro District
Alternate or previous names Dalila, Envidia I-Ii, Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.63806, -28.88996 (WGS84)
Elevation 2250
Relative position 10 KM W OF CARRIZAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN FLANK OF THE MASSIF OF FAMATINA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Negro Peinado Formation;Nunorco Formation
    Rock description Negro Peinado Formation;Nunorco Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.63806, -28.88996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE
    Dip 47-54NE
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 200M
    Width 50M
  • Dip 47-54NE
    Length 300M
    Width 60M
  • Dip 47-54NE
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Follow Schistocity In Host Rock And Are Folded

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grupo San Pedro

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I PP. 650-651

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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

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