Cerro Negro

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Diatomite
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005591
MRDS ID AR16143
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.16615, -30.54746 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 KM SSE OF IGLESIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO LA LUNA, ON EXTREME SOUTH PART OF CERRO NEGRO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.16615, -30.54746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 1/2 THE RESERVES ARE IN HORIZON I & THE OTHER HALF IN HORIZON II.

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. 89-90

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 89-90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS, 50,000 SQ M.

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.