Chiquito

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097645
MRDS ID AR11138
Record type Site
Current site name Chiquito
Alternate or previous names Santa Teresa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.88281, -35.16415 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 KM NORTHWEST OF MALARGUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Comments on the location information

  • 4 KM FROM HOTEL LAHUENCO (LOS MOLLES).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Auquilco-Gypsum
    Rock description Auquilco-Gypsum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.88281, -35.16415

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SUB-VERTICAL
    Length 300M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years FROM 1977 ON

Mining district

District name 2 Laguna Blanca

Comments on the production information

  • TWO MONTH PERIOD DEC 1977- JAN 1978.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30M
    Overall depth 4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1983, 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. 44

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 44.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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