Los Congos Mine, Atos Pampa, Los Reartes District, Calamuchita Department, Córdoba Province, Argentinai
Regional Level Types | |
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Los Congos Mine | Mine |
Atos Pampa | Town |
Los Reartes District | District |
Calamuchita Department | Department |
Córdoba Province | Province |
Argentina | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 0' 19'' South , 64° 43' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Villa Berna | 5,000 (2016) | 11.9km |
La Cumbrecita | 854 (2015) | 12.9km |
Villa General Belgrano | 5,888 (2015) | 15.8km |
Santa Rosa de Calamuchita | 9,504 (2015) | 18.7km |
Villa Rumipal | 1,922 (2015) | 30.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
240895
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:240895:1
GUID (UUID V4):
ad3a0499-9bf3-4897-b730-60ec263686f0
Elevation: 1030 m. above sea level.
"El Cromo" and "Los Congos" mines: in bands of ultramafic and mafic serpentinized and/or amphibolitized rocks housed in a metamorphic sequence rocks. The mineral is disseminated or in concentrations of up to 85% with less than 5 mm grain size; in podiform deposits, IARC and mineralized belts along with magnetite, magnetite, ilmenite, titaniferous magnetite, spinels rich in Al, Fe and Mg, hematite, chromomagnetite and Ni-Fe - minority proportions Cu sulfides. The zonality is common. Studied by optical and electronic microprobe.
"Los Congos" Mine:
It has been ascribed to the Western ultramafic Strip in the Sierras of Córdoba as elongated bodies of serpentinite in the foliation with a maximum length of 1300 to 1700 m for a width of 700 to 800 m in the "Los Congos" outcrop that is larger.
The main rock is made up of a medium to coarse-grained harzburgite, composed of enstatite, brown glassy elongated in sense of the general foliation, with minor structures location folded in crystals of axial plane coincides with the primary foliation S2 = S3, immersed in a matrix serpentine dark aphanitic coloration. They are in addition to the harzburgitic variety, a rock consisting of a colour altered serpentinite medium gray to dark, with greenish tones that can be thin bands of chromite and magnetite, that in some cases are scattered.
Chemical Analysis of Chromite(Fe2+Cr2O4), mineralization core:
Al2O3: 21.8 - 29.9%
Fe2O3: 9.7 - 10.6%
Cr2O3: 31.1 - 32.7%
MnO: 0.4%
FeO: 11.0 - 12.1%
Ilmenite:
Was presented in the Ultramafic Complex. Chemical Analysis by electronic microprobe:
TiO2: 53.32%.
Al2O3: 0.02%.
Fe2O3: 4.10%.
FeO: 38.14%.
Cr2O3: 0.01%.
MnO: 0.63%.
MgO: 4.81%.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
✪ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Colour: Brownish Black, resinous-metallic luster. Fluorescence: No Description: Analyzed by electronic microprobe. |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
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