Ponon Trehue

Occurrence in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004977
MRDS ID AR11177
Record type Site
Current site name Ponon Trehue
Alternate or previous names Mina La Jacinta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.3286, -35.20025 (WGS84)
Relative position 55 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
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Cerro Carrizalito Formation, Cerro Penitenitentes Member
    Rock description Cerro Carrizalito Formation, Cerro Penitenitentes Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.3286, -35.20025

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name 9

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ECONOMICALLY UNIMPORTANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NUNEZ, E., 1979, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 28D, ESTACION SOITUE; SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, BOL. 166, BUENOS AIRES, P. 45

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.