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  Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the south of the country, in the Patagonia.
It borders the province Chubut to the north, and Chile to the west and south.
Santa Cruz's most visited destination is the Los Glaciares National Park and a number of glaciers of which the Perito Moreno Glacier is the most famous.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santa_Cruz_Province,_Argentina   (1058 words)

  
 Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is the southernmost mainland province in Argentina.
The Río Santa Cruz incised a 170 m deep, broad valley in the rising Patagonian steppes.
On the journey up the Río Santa Cruz, Darwin was perplexed about the presence of large boulders that clearly must have come from the Andes lying on flat ground at a great distance from their source.
www2.brevard.edu /reynoljh/patagonia/santacruz.htm   (1565 words)

  
 USGS Open File Report 99-50-C The Santa Cruz - Tarija Province(Forward)
These provinces have been ranked according to the discovered petroleum volumes within each; 76 "priority" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for their high ranking) and 26 "boutique" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for various reasons) were selected for appraisal of oil and gas resources.
Province history is that of a Paleozoic, intracratonic, siliciclastic rift basin that evolved into a Miocene (Andean) foreland fold and thrust belt.
The Santa Cruz — Tarija Province of Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay is named for two larger cities that approximately define its north-south geographic limits within the eastern Andean region of central South America.
greenwood.cr.usgs.gov /energy/WorldEnergy/OF99-50C   (978 words)

  
 Santa Cruz Province, Travel and Hotel Information - Argentina Contact
Santa Cruz is the southerwest province of the patagonian continental territory.
In 1884 Santa Cruz was founded and three years later Puerto Gallegos.
Its main rivers are: the Desado, the Chico, the Santa Cruz, the Coig and the Gallegos.
www.argentinacontact.com /en/conozca/santaCruz.php   (182 words)

  
 USGS Open File Report 2004-1022: Update: World Coal Quality Inventory -- Argentina
Earliest recognition of coal-bearing units in Argentina was by Augustin del Castillo in 1887 (Borrello, 1956) near the present-day coal mining camp of Rio Turbio in the southern part of Santa Cruz province.
Coal mines and occurrences in Argentina are reported to be as few as 41 (Weaver and Wood, 1994) to as many as 850 (Alvarado, 1980).
Coal reserves in Argentina are estimated to be 465 million metric tons, of which 460 million metric tons occur mainly in the Rio Turbio and Pico Quemado mines (Alvarado, 1980).
pubs.usgs.gov /of/2004/1022/1022.html   (1936 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Santa Cruz Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Santa Cruz, Spanish & Portuguese for "Holy Cross", is the name of several cities, regions, and other geographical features around the world: Santa Cruz, Argentina Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Santa...
Santa Cruz, Goa, a town in the state of Goa, India
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a city in the Canary Islands, Spain
www.ipedia.com /santa_cruz.html   (129 words)

  
 Puerto Deseado Santa Cruz
It is the port of bigger fishing activity of the province.
In this region of the Atlantic coast there are very important populations of birds and marine mammals besides the typical fauna (gumps, ‘choiques’, hares, gray foxes, bustards, ‘piches’), and the government of Santa Cruz's province has created several natural reservations including the Deseado Creek one.
There are several creeks in the coast, frequented by the fanatics of the fishing of the shark (they come from other points of the country and from the exterior), where you can obtain pieces of great size.
www.patagonias.net /Cities/PuertoDeseado.htm   (242 words)

  
 Santa Cruz province - Argentina
While the center of the province is a barren steppe because of the low precipitations level.
Climate: In the western region, throughout the Mountain range of the Andes, the climate is of humid cold type.
In the plateaus that extend from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean the only vegetation is shrubs (coirón, colapiche) of small leaves and thorns, and low bushes.
www.argentour.com /SantaCruz.htm   (337 words)

  
 Rio Gallegos, Argentina - Patagonia Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
apital of the Province of Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos is the continental city farthest south in Argentina.
We can start by telling you that the total surface of the country is 3.761.274 km2, while the province of Santa Cruz has a surface of 243.943 km2, and is inhabited by 159.839 people, what gives an average of 0.7 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Its international airport is the base for aerial operations to Antarctica and also a stopover for the jumbo jets of Aerolíneas Argentinas that perform the transpolar flight to New Zealand and Australia.
www.welcomeargentina.com /riogallegos/index_i.html   (436 words)

  
 Minera Andes Incorporated - News Releases - Minera Andes Begins Reconnaissance Exploration Program in Southern ...
Our exploration potential is substantial because over time we have acquired about 20 silver/gold prospects in Santa Cruz which justify more advanced exploration.
Minera Andes' reconnaissance exploration program includes a Santa Cruz exploration drilling program which began November 8, when a six-hole, 1,200-meter diamond drilling program began at Minera Andes' 100 percent owned El Trumai gold/silver discovery.
Minera Andes is a gold, silver and copper exploration company working in Argentina where it made new discoveries for all three metals in 2004.
minandes.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=92707&...   (653 words)

  
 Underground Construction and Ore Reserve Definition Begins at Minera Andes' San Jose Gold/Silver Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Huevos Verdes is one of nine known geologic anomalies in the San Jose land package, a 40,000-hectare (98,800 acres) area in Santa Cruz province.
An independently calculated resource estimate, based on 2.2 km of drilled strike length, determined the Huevos Verdes project has an indicated resource of 12,800,000 ounces of silver and 128,000 ounces of gold, and an inferred resource of 21,917,000 ounces of silver and 216,000 ounces of gold.
The Corporation is actively addressing its options to commence additional exploration activities while pursuing the further development of its gold/silver discovery property in Santa Cruz province.
www.latinpetroleum.com /printer_842.shtml   (917 words)

  
 Canadian Corporate News: Minera Andes Acquires New Gold/Silver Prospects in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Minera Andes Acquires New Gold/Silver Prospects in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Santa Cruz province, location of the new properties, is emerging as an under-explored, highly prospective area for gold and silver and is host to several mines and discoveries.
Santa Cruz is where Minera Andes discovered and co-owns the San Jose project, a successfully evolving advanced-stage gold/silver exploration project.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:113326166&refid=ink_tptd_np   (215 words)

  
 Minera Andes Incorporated - News Releases - Minera Andes Begins Drilling On 100 Percent Owned Cerro Mojon Project In ...
Anomalous silver is more widespread on the property with 289 samples containing detectable silver, including 109 with more than 10 g/t and 22 with more than 100 g/t with the highest sample containing 855 g/t (27 opt).
Minera Andes is a gold, silver and copper exploration company working in Argentina.
The corporation is funded with working capital of about US$7.6 million and a pending credit facility of up to US$2 million for feasibility study completion and underground construction at its advanced-stage silver/gold project in Santa Cruz province.
minandes.com /s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=104128&...   (664 words)

  
 CBC News:Kirchner positioned to become Argentina's president   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Menem, who was seeking a third term in office, and Kirchner, 53, the governor of southern Santa Cruz province, were to compete in a runoff vote on Sunday, a vote polls showed Menem would lose badly.
Kirchner takes on the leadership of Argentina as the country faces the deepest economic crisis in its history.
Menem's announcement on Wednesday ended uncertainty surrounding Argentina's election process, aimed at finding a successor to outgoing president Eduardo Duhalde, who leaves office May 25.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/05/14/kirchner_argentina030514   (208 words)

  
 Caleta Olivia - PATAGONIA ARGENTINA
This small city has 28,000 inhabitants and is located some 50 km.
from the borderline with the Chubut province, fact that makes it the gateway to the Santa Cruz province.
Caleta Olivia is in the center of San Jorge Gulf.
www.patagonia-argentina.com /i/atlantica/caleta/caletaolivia.htm   (171 words)

  
 Minera Andes' Exploration Program Yields Silver Mineralization In Santa Cruz Province, Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Minera Andes' 100 percent-owned San Agustin property is located approximately 100 kilometers south of our advanced stage San Jose silver/gold project where underground construction and a feasibility study are underway.
The properties are in a region of Argentina known as the Deseado Massif where epithermal gold and silver mineralization was first identified in the 1980s.
The Company is funded with working capital of about US$2.0 million and a pending credit facility of up to US$4 million for feasibility completion and underground construction at its advanced-stage silver/gold project in Santa Cruz province.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news_releases.mhtml?d=68720   (735 words)

  
 Minera Andes Discovers Multi Ounce Silver At Cerro Mojon Property Santa Cruz Province, Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
SPOKANE, Wash., June 3, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange:MAI) (OTCBB:MNEAF) ("the Corporation") is pleased to report the discovery of epithermal gold-silver vein mineralization at its newly acquired Cerro Mojon property in Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
The Cerro Mojon property (5,850 hectares) is located 40 km west-northwest of AngloGold's producing Cerro Vanguardia mine with an excess of 3.2 million ounces of gold reserves.
Elsewhere in Argentina, the Corporation's joint venture project continues to advance at the Huevos Verdes gold/silver discovery at the San Jose project in Santa Cruz, where underground development is currently in progress.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news_releases.mhtml?d=58612   (738 words)

  
 Province of Santa Cruz Tourism - Province of Santa Cruz Vacation Reviews - Province of Santa Cruz Vacations - ...
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 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Archangelsky, Sergio, A New Mesozoic Flora from Tico, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Arnold, Ralph and Anderson, R.; Preliminary Report on the Santa Maria Oil District of Santa Barbara County, California.
Ashley, George H.; The Neocene Stratigraphy of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California.
www.geology-books.com /paleoak.html   (9638 words)

  
 →    Current time in Santa Cruz Islands (Temotu Province)
The 5 digit city code for Santa Cruz Islands (Temotu Province) is SBSCZ.
You can enter the 5 digit city code on the advanced preference page.
Learn more about Santa Cruz Islands (Temotu Province).
www.timegenie.com /city.time/sbscz   (477 words)

  
 Caleta Olivia, Argentina - Patagonia Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
aleta Olivia is considered the gateway to the province of Santa Cruz, since it is only 50 km from the limit with Chubut, and has a population of approximately 30.000 inhabitants
It is one of the cities of the province with more commercial and oil movement, founded at the beginning of the XX century as a loading port for the ovine production of the region, but in 1944, with the discovery of oil in Cañadón Seco, it became an important commercial pole.
Welcome Argentina - Touristic Information about Caleta Olivia, Argentina: Introduction
www.welcomeargentina.com /caletaolivia/index_i.html   (100 words)

  
 Santa Cruz province (Argentina)
Page about the flag at the official provincial website
Today is first hoisted the new provincial flag of Argentine province of Santa Cruz.
The flag is celeste with white waves on dark blue in lower part (similar to the Kiribati flag) with a yellow sun.
www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ar-scz.html   (82 words)

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