Organullo Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Bismuth, Sulfur, Copper, Gold, Arsenic
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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005245
MRDS ID AR15031
Record type Site
Current site name Organullo Mine
Alternate or previous names Julio Verne

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.2775, -24.42111 (WGS84)
Elevation 4050

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.2775, -24.42111

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.1 P.102

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # AR15009 BY THIERNO SOW HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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