Mine detail: Sierra Grande, East Sector

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Location: Rio Negro, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -40.83089, -65.33262
dep_id: 10078106
mrds_id: W026263
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
alteration: Contact Metamorphism Is Produced By Granodiorite Intrusions.
ore_ctrl: At Surface The Ore Mineral Is Hematite, Probably Due To Decomposition Of Magnetite, The Principal Mineral.
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.)
hrock_type: Sandstone
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
  • Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970
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