Tusaquillas Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Tungsten, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004540
MRDS ID AR08176
Record type Site
Current site name Tusaquillas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.00222, -23.20085 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 KM SSW 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.00222, -23.20085

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA, REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 1973 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, V. II, P. 647-648

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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