Lomas Blancas

Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005602
MRDS ID AR16155
Record type Site
Current site name Lomas Blancas
Alternate or previous names San Guillermo, Santa Amalia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.67666, -30.50578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 25 KM NW OF SAN AGUSTIN DE VALLE FERTIL

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

  • IN QUEBRADA DE CACHIGUYO, E FLANK OF SIERRA DE USNO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Vermiculite = Alteration Of Biotite?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.67666, -30.50578

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Usno

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SEPARATION

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. 158. VIRRE, J.C., 1976, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 19E, VALLE FERTIL, PROVINCIAS DE SAN JUAN Y LA RIOJA; BUENOS AIRES, SERVICIO GEOLOGICA NACIONAL, BOL. #147, P. 61-62

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 158.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 SUBCIRCULAR BODY 100M DIAMETER, 1 OVALOID BODY 200X100 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-93 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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