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El Compadrito, Santa Catalina

Producer in Mendoza, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004947
MRDS ID AR11137
Record type Site
Current site name El Compadrito, Santa Catalina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.8328, -35.89749 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MALARGUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • 500 M SOUTH OF RT 40 BRIDGE OVER RIO GRANDE- NEAR BARDAS BLANCAS. COORDINATES FOR COMPADRITO, SANTA CATALINA IS 5 KM NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Auquinco-Gypsum Formation
    Rock description Auquinco-Gypsum Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.8328, -35.89749
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15-20E
    Dip 35-45 E
    Thickness 8M
    Length 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years FROM 1957 ON

Mining district

District name 5 Rio Grande, 4

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Talcomin Srl

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. 44

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY REPLACE GYPSUM OF AUQUINCO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Venable, Margaret 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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