Hierro Indio

Prospect in Mendoza, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166962
MAS/MILS ID 3570230003
Record type Site
Current site name Hierro Indio

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.33272, -36.66419 (WGS84)

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
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.33272, -36.66419

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Measured 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Inferred 1600000mt ore
    Total resources 2600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES: OCCURRENCE

  • Deposit

    AND APPRAISAL; NEW YORK, U. N. PUB., 1970, 479 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED ABOUT 220 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF SAN RAFAEL. THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS 994,000 MEASURED TONS AND 1,580,000 INDICATED AND INFERRED TONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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