Don Luis

Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodities Iron, Copper, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004974
MRDS ID AR11174
Record type Site
Current site name Don Luis
Alternate or previous names Aqua De La India Muerta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.44526, -35.76692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 130 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.44526, -35.76692

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR-LENSES
    Length 4M
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name 9

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 10.97M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI,V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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