El Dorado - Victoria

Occurrence in Misiones, Argentina with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078096
MRDS ID W026252
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado - Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.63247, -26.36408 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Misiones(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Misiones

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.63247, -26.36408

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMATION OF DEPOSITS BEGAN IN MIOCENE OR PLIOCENE TIME AND HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970 , DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA DIRECCION NAC. DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ANALES, NO. 25 , P. 73 - 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS EXTENDING 8 KM N AND S OF ELDORADO. RESERVES ARE 1,676,000+ ORE WITH 34.9 % FE (584,924+ FE), 29 % SIO2, AND 4 % TIO2. COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE.
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS 298 SHAFTS WITH MEAN DEPTHS OF 0.9 M BUT IT IS NOT BEING OPERATED NOW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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