La Laja - El Salado

Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Travertine
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005587
MRDS ID AR16136
Record type Site
Current site name La Laja - El Salado
Alternate or previous names Las Lajas, Canteras El Angelito, El Salado, Norte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.48279, -31.29745 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 KM N OF SAN JUAN

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
Travertine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TYPES: "BLANCO", "ROBLE", "OSCURA", (WHITE, OAK, DARK)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Calchaquerse Sediments
    Rock description Calchaquerse Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.48279, -31.29745

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 18M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRAVERINE DEPOSITED ON TOP OF PLIO SEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years SINCE AROUND 1900

Mining district

District name Sierra De Villicun

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Condominio Compos La Laja, Travertino De Los Andes Srl

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. 242-243

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 242-243.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SQUARE KM IN A 15 SQ KM AREA - 2 ZONES SEPARATED BY 3-4 KM

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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