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Gibraltar, La Esperanza

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004957
MRDS ID AR11151
Record type Site
Current site name Gibraltar, La Esperanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.93278, -34.59747 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position 60 KM WEST 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Serie Imperial Formation
    Rock description Serie Imperial Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.93278, -34.59747
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 63-70 SW
    Length 90M
    Width 7M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 11

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE FROM GIBRALTAR.

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. 103-105

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 104.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FOR GIBRALTAR.

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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