Novillo Muerto Complex

Past Producer in Argentina with commodities Chromium, Gold, Nickel, Platinum, PGE, Cobalt, Copper
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 10039280
MRDS ID M046893
Record type Site
Current site name Novillo Muerto Complex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -65.16706, -35.3739 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Argentina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -65.16706, -35.3739

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Argentina

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VILLAR, 1971 , LOS ROCAS ULTRABASICOS: PRIMER SIMPOSIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA, TOMA II, SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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