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La Escondida

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004954
MRDS ID AR11148
Record type Site
Current site name La Escondida

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.29943, -35.98081 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 150-160 KM SOUTH OF SAN RAFAEL.

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

  • COORDINATES FOR LIARA MINE, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE AREA. "PEBETA" IS ALSO IMPORTANT, AND IS LOCATED AT 35-59-00S, 068-29-00W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 70-85% CAF2 OF METALLURGIC GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Kaolinization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Agua Escondida Formation-Quartzites; Los Carrales Formation-Rhyolite & Rhyodarite;
    Rock description Agua Escondida Formation-Quartzites;Los Carrales Formation-Rhyolite & Rhyodarite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.29943, -35.98081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 25 W - N 70 W
    Dip 65-85 SW & NE
    Length 700M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults In Some Cases.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950'S AND ON

Mining district

District name 9

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Feo. Garcia E Hijos Srl

Comments on the production information

  • ORE FROM LIANA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BUENA ESPERANZA, LA CALANDRIA, SAN JUAN, HERMINDA, LIANA, DEBETA

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. 97-103

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 100-103.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 97-103.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT 25 KM BY 6 KM.

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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