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Oratorio Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Gold, Antimony, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004455
MRDS ID AR08073
Record type Site
Current site name Oratorio Mine
Alternate or previous names Pucara Chico

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.16611, -22.10865 (WGS84)
Elevation 4025
Relative position 60 KM W OF LA QUIACA

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

  • ON TOP OF CERRO ORATORIO 4 KM W OF ORATORIO AT THE WESTERN END OF "CUESTA DEL HURON" ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    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 > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.16611, -22.10865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50S
    Dip 75SE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 103 P.58 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. V.II, P.413

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

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

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

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