La Chigua

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Kaolin, Aluminum, High Alumina Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094172
MRDS ID AR16140
Record type Site
Current site name La Chigua
Alternate or previous names Don Juan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.09949, -29.83079 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM NNE OF MALIMAR ABAJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • IN QUEBRADA DEL QUIRQUINCHO, AN EAST TRIBUTARY TO THE RIO BLANCO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Aluminum, High Alumina Clay Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.09949, -29.83079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SLIGHT NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore = Kaolinitization Of Feldspar In Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 42500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum, High Alumina Clay Al2O3 13.9 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR DON JUAN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET. AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 36

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3,OOO SQM. AREA, OF WHICH 250 SQ M CONTAINS USEFUL MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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