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Virgen De Andacollo

Past Producer in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Bentonite
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097646
MRDS ID AR11155
Record type Site
Current site name Virgen De Andacollo
Alternate or previous names Los Alojamientos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.1328, -32.43079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2800
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 60 KM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MENDOZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendoza(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Mendoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOR SMELTING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.1328, -32.43079
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Limb Of N-S Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Errepe S.R.L.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pollicino, A. And Others.

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. 51

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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