Milongera, San Martin

Past Producer 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005593
MRDS ID AR16145
Record type Site
Current site name Milongera, San Martin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.53282, -31.24746 (WGS84)

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

  • QUEBRADA LA YESERA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.53282, -31.24746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 400M
    Width 0.03M
  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1943-1974

Mining district

District name #6

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS, SEPARATED BY 25-40 CM OF PINK CLAY

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.