Arigaro Mine

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005408
MRDS ID AR15239
Record type Site
Current site name Arigaro Mine
Alternate or previous names Taca-Taca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.59475, -24.38222 (WGS84)
Relative position 62 KM W OF SALAR DE POCITOS

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

  • 1 KM W OF SALAR DE ARIZARO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal (Silicification, Sericitization, Pyritization, And Propylitization)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.59475, -24.38222

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults N-S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA; MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, PP. 179-180

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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