Mine detail: Corral Amarillo Quarry

Previously called 'Lastres MariasCorral Amarillo I-IiAurcraSan NicolasWilly IIii.'

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Location: La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.9144, -67.69251
dep_id: 10004672
mrds_id: AR10052
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mineral Pigments
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limonite
gangue: Clay
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Negro Peinado Formation
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_type: Slate,Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. SCHALAMUK, I., ET. AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINSTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 20, PP. 126-127. JUAN CARLOS M. TURNER, 1971, DNGM BOL. 126, P. 86
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: SCHALAMUK, I., ET AL, 1983, P. 127.
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