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Sand Pits Nw of Wanda

Producer in Misiones, Argentina with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106622
MRDS ID AR12036
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Pits Nw of Wanda
Alternate or previous names Cabral, Farina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -54.59803, -25.94825 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST NW OF WANDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Misiones(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Misiones

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO EL BRONCE, E FLANK OF CORDILLERA COLANGUIL, ALONG QUEBRADAS ARREQUINTIN, & AGUA NEGRA
  • ON RIO PARANA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -54.59803, -25.94825
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • AV. GRADE OF MINED MANTOS IS 1.0-1.5% WO3

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "DESMONTES" = OVERBURDEN?

Comments on the workings information

  • "SAN RAFAEL" MINE MOST WORKED. LENGTH OF WORKINGS FOR TUNNELS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAS CONCENTRATION PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ECONOMIA MINERA, 1976, MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE MISIONES: BUENOS AIRES, SECRETARIA DE MINERIA, 1:750,000. GENTILI, C.A., AND RIMOLDI, H.V., 1979, MESOPOTAMIA, IN GEOLOGIA REGIONAL ARGENTINA: CORDOBA, ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS, P. 216-218

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS USUALLY CONCORDENT WITH SEDIMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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