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Parama

Producer in Argentina with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Palladium, Rhodium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039038
MRDS ID M046561
Record type Site
Current site name Parama
Alternate or previous names El Paramo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.21589, -53.14809 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CAPE SAN SEBASTIAN, ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH
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Geographic areas

Country
Argentina

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR PUNTA DE ARENAS PER POSITION FROM NEAREST PROMINENT LOCALITY FIELD (APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES NORTH OF CAPE SAN SEBASTIAN)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Primary
Iridium Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Palladium Secondary
Rhodium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT NUGGETS UP TO .54 OZ WT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ANALYSIS GAVE: 79.15% PT, 3% IR, 1.08% IR + OS, .4% RH, .8% PD, 6.96% FE, (KYLE 1850)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.21589, -53.14809
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tierra Del Fuego

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M046561

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey