Atajo Mines

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000105
MRDS ID AR01002
Record type District
Current site name Atajo Mines
Alternate or previous names Maria Eugena, Triunfo, Carmen, Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.51943, -27.32746 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE EXTREME WEST FLANK OF SIERRA DE CAPILLITAS BY THE QUEBRADA ATAJO ON CERRO ATAJO. Found the County and state of Argentina that it is in and approximated the location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) CHLORITIZATION
  • (Local) EPIDOTIZATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) ARGILLIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.51943, -27.32746

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Fabricaciones Militares

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.70 P.62-67 ANGELELLI(1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.1 P.126-127

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 SOW, THIERNO U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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