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Pampa De Olean Area

Producer in Cordoba, Argentina with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056532
MRDS ID TC00571
Record type Site
Current site name Pampa De Olean Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.66603, -31.16411 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cordoba(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Cordoba

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS GIVEN AS BETWEEN 23-25S AND 23-33S AND AT 66-40W. ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE. STATAL RESERVE AREA. AREA OF MINERALIZATION IS APPROXIMATELY 300 HA. SALAR DE OLAROZ AND SALAR DE CAUCHARI OCCUPY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SAME TECTONIC DEPRESSION.
  • LAT/LONGS GIVEN AS 31-05S TO 31-15S AND 64-30W TO 64-45W. ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ULEXITE OCCURS AS NODULES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.66603, -31.16411
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner 400 Km2 Owned By State, Some Private Ownership As Well.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HYPOTHETICAL RESERVES HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED ONLY.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.2
  • TOTAL$: 0.25

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METASOMATISM IN MARBLE
Deposit PLAYA-TYPE DEPOSIT. DARK MUDS CONTAIN LAYERS OF ULEXITE NODULES. THE NODULES ARE FROM 5-10 CM IN SIZE, 0.3 M OR MORE BELOW THE SURFACE, AND FOUND IN AT LEAST 3 LAYERS BELOW SALT AND GYPSUM-CLAY CRUSTS. THE SALT CRUST IS COMMONLY 5-30 CM THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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