Cerro El Alcazar - Hilario

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000159
MRDS ID AR16147
Record type District
Current site name Cerro El Alcazar - Hilario
Alternate or previous names Bona, El Alcazar, Mecha, La Unica and La Esperanza, Veronica, La Estrella, Los Marrones

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.38279, -31.51666 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.38279, -31.51666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description ANTICLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner PETRAL S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 51-58.

Beyond USGS

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