25 De Mayo

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10004958
MRDS ID AR11152
Record type Site
Current site name 25 De Mayo
Related records 10004978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.79584, -34.53636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Relative position 57 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

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES FOR LOS TOLDITOS OR QUECHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Serie Porfiritica Formation
    Rock description Serie Porfiritica Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.79584, -34.53636

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60-80 W
    Dip 50 NE TO 86 SW
    Length 210M
    Width 6M
    Depth to top 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 12

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOS DOS AMIGOS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1983, 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. 103-104.

  • Deposit

    DESSARTI, R. N., 1956, DESCRIPTION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 27C- CERRO DIAMANTE, BUENOS AIRES DNM, BOL. 85, P. 63-64.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, P. 104.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA FOR LOS TOLDITOS OR QUECHA, ONE OF THE LARGER DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.