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Santo Domingo Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Gold, Sulfur, Arsenic
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  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. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004414
MRDS ID AR08022
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Domingo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.20944, -22.55031 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 57 KM NW 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

  • 2 KM S OF ROAD TO MINA PIRQUITAS AND 5 KM SE OF CHINCHILLAS MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40 G/T AU (HOSKOLD, 1904)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.20944, -22.55031
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rinconada

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 8M
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ABANDONED AT THE TIME OF SURVEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 170 P.75 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, V.1 P.413-414

  • Deposit

    HOSKOLD, H.D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND INDUSTRIES, NATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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