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Toma Del Medio, Los Guaracos

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004940
MRDS ID AR11127
Record type Site
Current site name Toma Del Medio, Los Guaracos
Alternate or previous names Salagasta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.80779, -32.83079 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MENDOZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Juan Formation
    Rock description San Juan Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.80779, -32.83079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 50 W
    Length 3M
    Width 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1975

Mining district

District name 29

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Someca, Juan S. Senatore

Comments on the production information

  • FROM GUANACOS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 M HIGH, FIVE QUARRIES, DATA FOR LARGEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 184

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 194.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO STRATA, PARTIAL SILIFICATION, MUST SELECT AREAS TO WORK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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