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	San Juan, Argentina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Juan is the capital city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valey, west of the San Juan River, and at 650 m above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the 2001 census
		San Juan de la Frontera was founded on June 13, 1562 by Juan Jufré at the shore of the San Juan River.
		San Juan is the seat of a Roman Catholic metropolitan Archbishop and a Catholic University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juan,_Argentina (688 words)

	hoteles san juan: hoteles y alojamientos en san juan, argentina - Hospedata
		The city of San Juan de la Frontera was founded by Juan Jufré y Montesa in 1562 and relocated 2 kilometres south in 1593 due to the frequent flooding of the San Juan River.
		Its main attractions are the city of San Juan (and birth house of Sarmiento) the Ischigualasto Provincial Park, the Ullum Dam, the Pismanta hot springs, and the pagan Difunta Correa shrine.
		The Ullum Dam is a dam on the San Juan River, in the Argentine province of San Juan Province.
	en.hospedata.com /hotels_argentina/reservations.php?province=san_juan_argentina (1574 words)

	San Juan Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza.
		A fundraiser to benefit the victims of the quake was instrumental in the meeting of Colonel Juan Perón and his eventual wife and political companion Eva Duarte.
		The province is part of the continental semi-desert Cuyo region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juan_Province_(Argentina) (603 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Juan (Argentina)
		It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and comprises the civil Provinces of San Juan, Mendoza, and San Luis, and the national district of Neuquén, has an area of 151,096 sq.
		These provinces were a part of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile until 1776, when they passed under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Córdoba.
		He was the representative from San Juan to the Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July, 1816, proclaimed the independence of Argentina, and in this assemblage distinguished himself by resolutely opposing the monarchical form of government for the infant nation.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13447a.htm (347 words)

	San Juan, Argentina
		Located in the city center and faithful witness of San Juan History, 25 de Mayo Square is the ideal place for the relaxation and amusement of the tourist.
		The unlosable "Valle de la Luna" (Valley of the Moon), 330 km away from the Capital City of the Province and immersed in Ischigualasto Natural Provincial Park, bases its worth and importance in the wild landscape, in the cultural history and in the paleontologic richess of the area.
		In the surroundings of San Juan, there is a favourable setting to practise mountain sports, hand gliding, fishing in rivers and streams, horse -riding and four track excursions in the hills with whatever is needed to enjoy adventure and nature.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /sanjuan/index_i.html (280 words)

	Silurian of the San Juan Precordillera
		Siliciclastic Silurian units of the San Juan Precordillera are characterized by their coarsening-thickening upward sequence paraconformable boundaries (drowning surfaces), and conformable, regressive, depositional system-tracks controlled by sea-level changes (Peralta, 1990; Astini and Piovano, 1992; Astini and Maretto, 1996).
		This unit is composed mainly of olistostromes including calcareous olistoliths from the San Juan Formation as large as 1 km in length (Amos, 1954).
		From the La Dehesa Creek to San Juan River area, Silurian deposits decrease in thickness and a progressive change in lithofacies from north to south and also to the west has been recognized, and is represented by the Tambolar Formation.
	www.unt.edu.ar /fcsnat/INSUGEO/geologia_18/26.htm (1731 words)

	SAN JUAN PROVINCE
		The province of San Juan, situated in the region of Cuyo, is bounded by the province of La Rioja on the north; the provinces of La Rioja and San Luis on the east; the provinces of San Luis and Mendoza on the south; and the Republic of Chile on the west.
		Therefore, San Juan has been carrying out irrigation works, building canals, dams, and secondary canals, making use of hydroelectric power, achieving an efficient system of irrigation and drainage, which is roughly 2,000 km long.
		This province, whose capital is San Juan city, is divided into 19 departments, with separate political and administrative powers.
	www.argentour.com /sanjuaning.html (426 words)

	Anti-Mining Protests in San Juan, Argentina
		Even though the plebiscite wouldn't be legally binding, the governor of San Juan province, who actively supports mining projects in the region, banned the plebiscite and has threatened to cut funds to the department if the head it, José Adolfo Ibazeta, tries to hold a plebiscite nonetheless.
		Second, the ore is treated with chemicals (lixiviation) to collect the trace amounts of gold, silver and copper that naturally exist in the ore. The lixiviation process uses vast amounts of water and highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide.
		The information contrasted the $4.6 billion that Barrick gold stood to make from a mining enterprise in San Juan with the tax breaks it was receiving, the $8 million/year that was promised to Argentina, and the hundreds of millions of dollars the clean up would cost.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press703.htm (1989 words)

	Cuyo, Argentina
		If the pampas are Argentina’s breadbasket, the Cuyo provinces of Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis are its wine barrel—about three quarters of the country’s wine production comes from the irrigated vineyards on the eastern Andean slope, and exports are increasing.
		Parque Provincial Ischigualasto: In northern San Juan Province, the “Valley of the Moon” badlands are part of a triangle of parks fast becoming stops on the international dinosaur-fossil circuit.
		Parque Nacional Sierra de las Quijadas: In northern San Luis Province, Las Quijadas’ sandstone canyons are a scenic maze that recall the canyon country of Utah or New Mexico, and its dinosaur fossils are the source of endless material for Argentina’s growing community of paleontologists.
	www.moon.com /planner/argentina/regions/cuyo.html (351 words)

	Digimorph - Saurosuchus galilei (fossil pseudosuchid)
		The specimen used for CT scanning is PVSJ 32 (Paleontología de Vertebrados del Museo de San Juan).
		It was collected in the base of the Ischigualasto Formation, in the northwest region of the San Juan Province in Argentina, about 15 meters above a tuff layer dated at 228 MY (Rogers et al, 1993).
		A new poposaurid from the Upper Triassic of Argentina.
	digimorph.org /specimens/Saurosuchus_galilei (1162 words)

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		Viceroy Exploration Ltd., in the exploration stage as of March 2006, is a mineral exploration company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and exploration of mineral properties with the potential to host gold and silver.
		In addition, the company has four other properties which consist of the Salamanca property located north of the Gualcamayo property on the border between San Juan and La Rioja Provinces of Argentina, and the Las Flechas, Evelina and La Brea/Las Carachas properties, which are all located in the high Andes in northwest San Juan Province.
		The Gualcamayo property, which is the company's principal project, is located in northern San Juan Province, Argentina, approximately 180 kilometers north of the provincial capital of San Juan.
	www.amex.com /equities/listCmp/EqLCCmpDesc.jsp?Product_Symbol=XVE (352 words)

	Tenke Mining Corp. - Argentina / Chile - Overview - Mon Dec 25, 2006
		The Corporation has a large holding of gold and base metal properties under exploration in Argentina and to a lesser extent in Chile.
		The prime areas of focus are copper/gold exploration properties in San Juan and La Rioja provinces, in areas in Chile directly across the border from the Corporation's San Juan, Argentine properties, and epithermal gold/silver targets in Patagonia.
		Over the next 6 months, a total of four copper/gold porphyry targets will be drilled in San Juan Province, Argentina; one porphyry target will be drilled directly across the border in Chile, just south of the Regalito copper deposit; and a high grade silver/polymetallic target will be drilled in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.
	www.tenke.com /s/Argentina_Chile.asp?ReportID=126001 (620 words)

	Mendoza travel guide - Wikitravel
		Mendoza [1] is a province in the Cuyo region of Argentina.
		It is located at the center-west of the country, bordered in the north with the San Juan province, in the east with San Luis and La Pampa provinces, in the south with Neuquén province and in the west with Chile, the Andes mountain range being the natural border.
		It has the principal ski resort in Argentina, the most famous vineyards and wine producers (internationally recognized), the highest peak in South America, and beautiful places to visit.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mendoza_(province) (429 words)

	Salta Province
		The sparse vegetation of the Quebrada del Toro is a dramatic transition from the savanna and rain forest environments seen in eastern and northern Salta Province.
		Salta and Jujuy provinces are truly a land of transitions.
		In 1897, a new sugar mill near the town of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán was nearly flooded by the river's rising water.
	www2.brevard.edu /reynoljh/Argentina/Salta_Province.htm (846 words)

	Province of San Juan, Argentina, will receive $32.6 million IDB loan to support economic growth and job creation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		San Juan, located in western Argentina’s Cuyo region in the foothills of the Andes, has an arid climate and has traditionally been a major producer of table wines, grapes and olives, nuts and dried fruits, mining and manufacturing, as well as tourism.
		The challenge is now to increase the locally generated value added and the diversification of the province’s economic base”, said IDB Team Leader Juan Antonio Ketterer.
		The loan to the province is for a 25-year term, with a five-year grace period at a variable interest rate, and it has a national government guarantee.
	www.iadb.org /news/articledetail.cfm?artid=3387&language=En (338 words)

	is it travel?: Rosario, Argentina: The Impossible Vegetarian Barbecue
		Every Sunday, the city shuts down and families gather in their back yards, or the yards of neighbors and friends, to celebrate an asado.
		And despite Argentina’s meaty reputation, there are well-used produce stands and health food stores every few blocks in Rosario.
		San Juan Province, Argentina: Humor as a minefield
	www.linesofflight.net /isittravel/2005/08/rosario-argentina-impossible.html (1035 words)

	ISCHIGUALASTO, VALLE DE LA LUNA, SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA
		The objectives of this project are the discovery and extraction of vertebrate and microvertebrate fossils from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation (Carnian) and Los Colorados Formation (Norian) in northwest Argentina.
		In 1941, the provincial government of San Juan declared the area a Provincial Park and designated The Museum of Natural History and the University of San Juan as the controlling institutions for research and custody of fossil material.
		Ischigualasto is the first public park in Argentina to be created on the basis of its paleontological importance.
	www.ischigualasto.org /english/95varios/paginaearthwatch/earthwatch2002.htm (2813 words)

	Cardero Resources Corp. - News - Cardero Acquires Huachi Copper - Gold Property, San Juan Province, Argentina - Mon Dec ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The 432 hectare property, which consists of 72 pertenencias in 30 claim blocks, is located in the Precordillera Range of Argentina, over elevations varying from 2800 to 3250 metres.
		In 1979-80, the San Juan Provincial District of Mines completed a sampling program on the adjacent peripheral veins and old workings, reportedly, a total of 406 samples were taken which returned an average grade of 4.75 g/t gold.
		In 2000, SEGEMAR (the Argentina Federal Geological Survey) conducted an airborne geophysical survey of the district.
	www.cardero.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=123038 (1060 words)

	San Juan province (Argentina)
		In short, the law prescribes the new provincial flag as being inspired by the historical Andes Army flag (1817-1818), specificaly of it’s Cabot Column (why?, any specific relation between this army column and the province?).
		Instead of the emblem, the reverse shows a sun with 32 rays, it’s color legally prescribed as “light yellow” — a fatal mistake for something mainly set on white background.
		The difference between reverse and obverse is also taken from the original Cabot Column flag.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ar-jua.html (438 words)

	Viceroy Exploration Ltd. - Home Page - Mon Dec 25, 2006
		Viceroy Exploration Ltd. (Viceroy) is a Canadian-based junior exploration company focused on the exploration and development of its advanced-stage Gualcamayo project, located in San Juan Province, Argentina, South America.
		Viceroy's 100% owned flagship Gualcamayo project is an advanced stage gold exploration project located close to infrastructure in San Juan Province, Argentina.
		Viceroy's Las Flechas property, located in the High Andes of San Juan Province, Argentina, is currently joint ventured to Tenke Mining Corp. ("Tenke").
	www.viceroyexploration.com (538 words)

	San Juan Province, Travel and Hotel Information - Argentina Contact
		The province of San Juan lies on the Andean Mountain Range, where it offers a unique landscape of mountains and valleys.
		The capital city San Juan was founded in 1562, in the Tucuma valley, a region then inhabited by huarpe indians.
		Through this space we want to show the different cities and provinces of Argentina.
	www.argentinacontact.com /en/conozca/sanJuan.php (257 words)

	Tenke Mining Corp. - News Releases - Tenke Announces Initial Resource Estimate at Josemaria Project in Argentina - Mon ...
		The property is located in the southern extension of the Maricunga Belt and in the northern continuation of the El Indio belt.
		Martinez both have many years of experience as exploration geologists and were the same team that discovered the Veladero gold deposit (12+ million ounces) in Argentina and the initial development of the Alumbrera copper/gold project.
		Samples are sent to ALS Chemex labs in Mendoza Argentina and Santiago, Chile, for analysis using conventional ICP methods with multi-acid digestion.
	www.tenke.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=128066&_Type=News-Releases&_Title=Tenke-Announces-Initial-Resource-Estimate-at-Josemaria-Project-in-Argentina (869 words)

	Abandoned Train Station in San Juan Province, Argentina on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Taken on June 1, 2004 somewhere on Highway 40 in Argentina's San Juan province.
		Second, Argentina has a long and sordid history involving rail travel that I don't remember much of anymore (although I did in 1996 thanks to Carlos Calierno's wonderful "The Latinamericanizacion of Argentina" course at UCSC!).
		A modo de ejemplo, la ruta da acceso a cinco de los nueve patrimonios de la humanidad de la Argentina: pasa a 70 km de la Quebrada de Humahuaca; a 50 de Ischigualasto y a 70 de Talampaya; a 50 de la Cueva de las Manos y a 100 del Parque Nacional Los Glaciares.
	www.flickr.com /photos/redteam/286762811 (2047 words)

	Viceroy Exploration Ltd. - News Releases - Viceroy Exploration Announces Completion of Column Leach Testwork and Also ...
		Column testwork was recently completed at the Instituto de Investigaciones Mineras located at the University of San Juan in Argentina, under the supervision of Resource Development Inc. ("RDi"), technical mineral processing consultants from Denver, Colorado.
		The testwork and collection of samples were completed in accordance with industry standards, and the column testing was performed pursuant to a test protocol prepared by the Company and RDi.
		Viceroy Exploration Ltd. is a well-financed company focused on the exploration, advancement and development of its 100%-owned Gualcamayo project, in San Juan province, Argentina.
	www.viceroyexploration.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=145218&_Type=News-Releases&_Title=Viceroy-Exploration-Announces-Completion-of-Column-Leach-Testwork-and-Also-... (2544 words)

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