Alejandro Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity Lead
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004475
MRDS ID AR08098
Record type Site
Current site name Alejandro Mine
Alternate or previous names Sur Belgica, Aramayo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.58832, -22.3642 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM S 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

  • A FEW METERS S OF BELGICA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.58832, -22.3642

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W; N85E
    Dip 75NE; 75NW
    Thickness 0.35M
    Length 200M
  • Strike N70W; N85E
    Dip 75NE; 75NW
    Length 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumahuasi-Cangrejillos

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 103 P. 68

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPOSED OF TWO VEINS: SUR BELGICA TO THE N; AND ARAMAYO TO THE S, SEPARATED BY A DISTANCE OF 70 M

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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