Maria Auxiliadora

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Sodium
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098166
MRDS ID I009004
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Auxiliadora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.91612, -24.7475 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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
Sodium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mirabilite Ore
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.91612, -24.7475

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.9M
    Length 30M
    Width 3.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Pocitos O Quiron

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sr. Robustiano Chocobar

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIENTATION AND SIZE INFORMATION FOR SMALL BODY WORKED BY SR. CHOCOBAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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