Cerro Mercedario

Occurrence in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Copper
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207012
MAS/MILS ID 3570330003
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Mercedario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.24949, -30.21416 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG FOR TOWN OF TUDCUM.
  • THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE BEARINGS ARE FOR THE TOWN OF TUDCUM. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED SOME DISTANCE FROM THIS TOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.24949, -30.21416

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fabricaciones Militares
    Interest 100
    Home office Argentina
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JACOBSON, J. B., COPPER DEPOSITS IN TIME AND SPACE:

  • Deposit

    MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 7, NO. 4, 1975, P.

  • Deposit

    351-352.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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