{{Infobox organization |name = Argentine Geological & Mining Service<br />''Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino'' |bgcolor = |image = |image_size = |caption = |abbreviation = SEGEMAR |formation = |status = Government Organisation |purpose = Geoscience |headquarters = Buenos Aires |location = |region_served = {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina |num_members = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |main_organ = |parent_organization = Secretary of Mining |affiliations = |num_staff = 348 |budget = |website = [http://www.segemar.gov.ar/ www.segemar.gov.ar] }} '''Servicio Geológico Minero''' is an Argentine government institution aimed at producing geological, mining and environmental information to achieve sustained development and mitigate geological hazards.<ref>[http://www.segemar.gov.ar/index.php/institucional/funciones-y-objetivos Funciones y Objetivos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017231350/http://www.segemar.gov.ar/index.php/institucional/funciones-y-objetivos |date=2014-10-17 }}</ref>

The institution has its origin at the fusion of '''Dirección General de Minas y Geología''' and '''Comisión de Estudios de Napas de Agua y Yacimientos Carboníferos''' in 1904.<ref>[http://www.segemar.gov.ar/pdf/General/libro%20SEGEMAR%20100.pdf Historia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020115910/http://www.segemar.gov.ar/pdf/General/libro%20SEGEMAR%20100.pdf |date=2014-10-20 }}</ref> Its first director was Enrique Hermitte who served in the charge until 1922. With Hermitte in charge the institution attracted a number European geologist to work for the institution including Richard Stappenbeck, John Keidel and Walther Penck.<ref name="Aceñolaza">{{Citation | last = Aceñolaza | first = Florencio G. | title = La contribución de la Dirección General de Minas, Geología e Hidrología de la Nación a la formación de la primera generación de geólogos argentinos, y la actuación del Ing. Enrique M. Hermitte | publication = Serie Correlación Geológica | volume = | issue = 24 | year = 2008 | pages = | url = http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1666-94792008000200011&script=sci_arttext | language = Spanish }}</ref>

==External links== * [http://www.segemar.gov.ar/ Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino]

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