Inca Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Iron, 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. 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 10005380
MRDS ID AR15205
Record type Site
Current site name Inca Mine
Alternate or previous names Virgen Del Rosario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.8786, -24.26194 (WGS84)
Elevation 3825
Relative position 5 KM NE OF INCAHUASI

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

  • W OF RIO PASAJEO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Puncoviscana Formation
    Rock description Puncoviscana Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.8786, -24.26194

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-65W
    Dip NE-SW
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Las Lagunillas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY, 1973 MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. 1, P. 280-281.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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