San Jose Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Antimony, Iron, Manganese
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004409
MRDS ID AR08014
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose Mine
Alternate or previous names Doncellas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.03527, -22.86003 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 KM WSW OF ABRA PAMPA

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

  • 5 KM SW OF ESCUELA DE DONCELLAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANGELELLI RECOGNIZED THREE DEPOSITS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Vicunahuasi Formation
    Rock description Vicunahuasi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.03527, -22.86003

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.170 P. 78-79

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.