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Don Pedro Mine

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004773
MRDS ID AR10181
Record type Site
Current site name Don Pedro Mine
Alternate or previous names Loma Blanca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.20475, -29.25107 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM N OF VILLA UNION

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

  • BETWEEN RIO COLORADO TO THE N AND RIO PUNTA DE AGUA TO THE S, AT PUESTO LOS PORTILLOS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.20475, -29.25107
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E; N55W
    Dip 60NNW; 80SW
    Thickness 0.5M
  • Strike N75E; N55W
    Dip 60NNW; 80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grupo Minero La Puntilla

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SCHALAMUK, I., ET. AL., 1983, P. 64.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 80M
    Overall depth 14M

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, PP. 63-64. MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA, 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. DE ALBA, E., 1953, DNGM, BOL. 82, (MAP)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESERVE INFERRED AND INDICATED FOR FOUR BLOCKS

Reporter information

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

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