Mine detail: San Martin

Previously called 'Quebrada De AguaOjo De Agua'

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Location: San Juan, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -30.29746, -69.7495
dep_id: 10078100
mrds_id: W026257
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite
gangue: Epidote, Quartz
alteration: Epidotization Of Host Rock
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Venable, Margaret, Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Rhyodacite
disc_yr: 1926
References:
  • Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380.
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970 , DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: ARGENTINA DIRECCION NAC. DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ANALES, NO. 25 , P. 73 - 85.
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, PP. 285-286.
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