Unnamed Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Antimony, Gold
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 10005247
MRDS ID AR15034
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names May Be Anos De Incachule

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -64.8229, -24.2872 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 KM WSW 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

  • 3 KM SSE OF ESPERANZA MINE CLOSE TO QUEBRADA TAJAMAR, ON CERRO AGUA CALIENTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Calchaquenos Formation
    Rock description Calchaquenos Formation

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -64.8229, -24.2872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 40M
    Depth to top 35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Banos De Incachule

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX SETS OF WORKINGS (MINES)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNGM BOL. 110 P.53-54

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS, EACH 0.1-0.2 M WIDE

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.