Agua De La Pancha Mine

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004753
MRDS ID AR10150
Record type Site
Current site name Agua De La Pancha Mine
Alternate or previous names May Be Ernesto Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.2253, -28.99745 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 KM S OF VINCHINA

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 WESTERN FLANK OF CERRO ASPERECITO, A FEW KM N OF VILLA CASTELLI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.2253, -28.99745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 65NW
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, GALLERIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, I., ET. AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 20, P. 62. MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA, 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. TURNER, J.C., 1963, DNGM, BOL., P. 100

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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