Pirquitas Tin Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Gold, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230957
MAS/MILS ID 3570170002
Record type Site
Current site name Pirquitas Tin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.32945, -22.39754 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.32945, -22.39754

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.5M
    Length 30000M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 1.5
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F.; 1950, GEOLGIA DE LA MINA PIRQUITAS. MINERIA BOL

  • Deposit

    ANO 7. NO.52. P. 4-5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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