Vicuna Mine

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005229
MRDS ID AR15010
Record type Site
Current site name Vicuna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -64.8229, -24.2872 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM NWN OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • 5 KM N OF CONCORDIA MINE NEAR QUEBRADA CAVE OR CACHI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Pirgua Formation
    Rock description Pirgua Formation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -64.8229, -24.2872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 60-80 W
    Dip 80 SW
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Concordia

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.110 P.53 ANGELELLI(1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. V.2, P.523

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WORKS FIVE VEINS EACH ABOUT 10 M APART

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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