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San Francisco Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Gold, Antimony, Sulfur, Arsenic
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004404
MRDS ID AR08007
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.16027, -21.99643 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 14 KM SW OF SANTA CATALINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • 8 KM SSW OF THE MINE "EL TORNO"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Acoite Formation
    Rock description Acoite Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.16027, -21.99643
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 1.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 700M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM, BOL 156-157 (MAP) ANGELELLI, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, V.2 P.412-413

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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