San Martin

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078100
MRDS ID W026257
Record type Site
Current site name San Martin
Alternate or previous names Quebrada De Agua, Ojo De Agua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.7495, -30.29746 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 65 KM WSW OF RODEO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidotization Of Host Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.7495, -30.29746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 60NW
    Length 230M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, PP. 285-286.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS - DATA FOR PRINCIPAL ONE. GRADE - 57.7-66.5% FE, 0-10.2% SIO2, 0-0.03% MNO
Deposit LOCATED AT O. AGUA NEGRA, DEPT. IGLESIA, DEPOSIT CONTAINS 60 - 69 PERCENT FE AND HAS INFERRED ORE RESERVES OF 15,000 METRIC TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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