Carmen Mine

Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100586
MRDS ID AR01104
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.49417, -27.99024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Relative position 17 KM NE OF TINOGASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • ON E FLANK OF CERRO SAN JOSE AT EL SALTO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.49417, -27.99024

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Fiambala

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1945-1948
    Material CONS
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5-55% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Iron Iron 30wt-pct

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. 1, P. 247. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, VOL. 1, P. 247

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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