Alta Gracia Platinum Mine

Producer in Cordoba, Argentina with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039037
MRDS ID M046560
Record type Site
Current site name Alta Gracia Platinum Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.41602, -31.69743 (WGS84)
Relative position 240 MILES NW OF ROSARIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Olivine Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE WAS ABOUT .032 OZ PT/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.41602, -31.69743

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Province Of Cordoba

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 110

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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