Mine detail: Piedra Buena Mine

Previously called 'Piedras Blancas'

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Location: Entre Rios, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -31.1813, -59.92701
dep_id: 10004359
mrds_id: AR06004
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Evaporite, Marine
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gypsum
orebody_fm: LENSE
model: 253: Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Bonplano Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
tectonic: Passive Continental Margin
References:
  • Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ECONOMIA MINERA, 1976, MAPA MINERO, PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RIOS, 1:750,000 GENTILI AND RIMOLDI, 1979, MESOPOTAMIA; SONDO SIMPOSIO DE GEOLOGIA REGIONAL ARGENTINA, V. I, P. 21
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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