La Oriental Mine

Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100593
MRDS ID AR08211
Record type Site
Current site name La Oriental Mine
Alternate or previous names Oriental
Related records 10004564, 10004570, 10004571, 10004576, 10004577, 10004578, 10004579, 10100594, 10100595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.69887, -23.18502 (WGS84)
Relative position 51KM SSW OF TRES CRUCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST FLANK OF SIERRA AGUILAR 3 KM N OF AGUILAR MINE. CONSISTS OF 1 PERTENENCIA (6HA)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Located Within Contact Metamorphic Halo Of Aguilar Granite (Pyroxene-Hornblende Horfels Facies)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.69887, -23.18502

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N10W
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Aguilar

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Aguilar Sa

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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