Sierra El Morado

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. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000146
MRDS ID AR16095
Record type District
Current site name Sierra El Morado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.49386, -30.91415 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position CERRO MORADO, S. END OF SIERRA DE MOGNA, 20 KM E. OF ESTECION ING. M. SANCHEZ, FERROCARRIL A JACHAL, 15"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.49386, -30.91415

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGETINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 193. CUERDA, A.J., CINGOLANI, C.A., VARELA, R., AND SCHAUER, O.C., 1984, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 19D, MOGNA, PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN; BUENOS AIRES, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL, P. 65.

Beyond USGS

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