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Misiones Deposits

Prospect in Misiones, Argentina with commodities Iron, Titanium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182385
MAS/MILS ID 3570250002
Record type Site
Current site name Misiones Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -55.83246, -27.41411 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF POSADAS PRELIMINARY SURVEYS HAVE BEEN MADE IN TWO GENERAL AREAS: THE SOUTHERN AREA CONTAINING THE SAN IGNACIO, SANTA ANA, GARUPA, AND APOSTOLES AND SAN JAVIER DEPOSITS; AND THE NORTHERN AREA, CONTAINING THE DESEADO, BERNARDO IRGOYEN, SANTO PIPO, EL DORADO, VICTORIA, MONTE CARLO AND SANTA FE DEPOSITS THE ORE HIGHEST GRADE IN THE DESEADO AREA. IN THIS AREA, THE IRON CONTENT REACHES 49 PERCENT, BUT THE AVERAGE CANNOT BE PUT HIGHER THAN 30 PERCENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -55.83246, -27.41411
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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 15000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 15000000mt ore
    Total resources 15000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 30 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970
    Titanium TiO2 4.5 wt-pct Titanium Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED NATIONS, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES: OCCURRENCE

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-83 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

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