Los Cobres, La Colorado Mine

Occurrence in Salta, Argentina with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10078097
MRDS ID	W026254
Record type	Site
Current site name	Los Cobres, La Colorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.24944, -24.2475 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Argentina	Salta

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Hematite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.24944, -24.2475	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W026254

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE DEPOSITS -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LOCATED 67 KM FROM SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES. DEPOSIT CONTAINS 40 PERCENT FE AND HAS INFERRED ORE RESERVES OF 2000 METRIC TONS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1973	Cooper, Margaret	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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