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12 De Noviembre

Past Producer in Cordoba, Argentina with commodities Chromium, Stone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061555
MRDS ID TC34468
Record type Site
Current site name 12 De Noviembre

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.62296, -32.37466 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 32 KM WNW OF BERROTIARAN; 20 KM N OF RIO DE LOS SAUCES

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
Chromium Critical Primary
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.62296, -32.37466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR LAYERS, BANDS
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 8M
    Width 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED POSSIBLY CUMULATE DUNITE AND HARZBURGITE, ALSO APPEARS TO BE FOLDED IN SAME STYLE AS COUNTRY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio De Los Sauces District

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT CHROMITE WAS MINED, NO TRACES ON DUMPS. MANY OF PITS AND QUARRIES WERE FOR STONE; TWO CHROMITE PODS APPARENTLY OUTCROPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 1993.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES SIENTIFICAS, V. I, P. 213-214.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI (1984), PAGE (1993)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-3 M WIDTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-93 Page, Norman J. 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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