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Colruro Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity Antimony
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004505
MRDS ID AR08132
Record type Site
Current site name Colruro Mine
Alternate or previous names Colruro, Chiquita, Nueva Colruro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.45664, -23.90694 (WGS84)
Relative position 32 KM N OF JUJUY

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

  • BETWEEN VOLCAN AND TUMBAYA, 1,000 M E OF NATIONAL ROAD #9, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ARROYO COLRURO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.45664, -23.90694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 60M
    Width 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 400M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, GALLERIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA, MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 1973 ANGELELLI (1984) "YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA", V.I, P. 62-63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FOUR VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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