Pan De Azucar Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tin
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004413
MRDS ID AR08020
Record type Site
Current site name Pan De Azucar Mine
Related records 10099379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.04666, -22.61947 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 KM WNW 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

  • 4 KM S OF THE ROAD THAT JOINS ABRA PAMPA TO MINA PIRQUITAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Acoite Formation
    Rock description Acoite Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.04666, -22.61947

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65
    Dip 70-80SW
    Thickness 3M
    Length 4000M
    Width 1500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 600M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on development

  • DURING THE SURVEYING OF THIS QUAD THE MINE WAS NOT ACTIVE DUE TO FLOODING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.170 P.74-75

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SECOND VEIN HAS A STRIKE OF N77E AND A DIP OF 75 SE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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