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El Progreso Argentino Mine

Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Tin
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  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100584
MRDS ID AR01079
Record type Site
Current site name El Progreso Argentino Mine
Alternate or previous names La Nieve, Las Champas, Porvenir Argentino Elvira

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.33695, -27.65413 (WGS84)
Elevation 3540
Relative position 30 KM W OF BELEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO FRAILE, 3 KM E OF RIO LAS LAJAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.33695, -27.65413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-8-30W
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 0.09M
    Length 40M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Up To 25 Faults A Few Meters Apart

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1921-

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 185M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 228-230. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # AR01081 BY THIERNO SOW HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD.

Reporter information

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

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