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El Penon De Gualcamayo

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Marble, Dimension
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005584
MRDS ID AR16133
Record type Site
Current site name El Penon De Gualcamayo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.74948, -29.66413 (WGS84)
Relative position 65 KM N OF SAN JOSE DE JACHAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • JOINTED SUCH THAT BLOCKS NO LONGER THAN 20-30 CM ARE OBTAINABLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name San Juan Formation
    Rock description San Juan Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.74948, -29.66413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 15M
    Width 12M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSION OF TONALITE RESULTED IN FORMATION OF MARBLE & SKARN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTION IS BY RECOVERING LARGER BOULDERS FROM THE BED OF THE RIO GUALCAMAYO & TRANSPORTING THEM DOWNSTREAM

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. 241

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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