Mine detail: Cerro Labrado Deposit

Previously called 'Cerro Labrado NorteCerro Labrado Sur'

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Location

Lat / long:

-24.03917, -65.17552

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chamosite, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite
Gangue:	Biotite, Limonite, Muscovite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Lipeon Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Deposit Occurs On W Flank Of N40w Zapla Anticline

References

MRDS	W026264
DEP	10078107
Reference	{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:: MENOYO, E. A., AND OTHERS, 1971 , INFORME HIERRO: ARGENTINA DIV. NAC. GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA REVISTA, V. 7 , NO. 25 , P. 21 - 35}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, P. 252-254.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVARADO, 1970 ; ANGELLELI ET AL, 1970 ; MENOYO, 1971}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Long, Keith R.