Culampajal District

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000108
MRDS ID AR01024
Record type District
Current site name Culampajal District
Alternate or previous names Gutierrez, El Moradito, Tajo Largo, La Anciana, El Ingenio, El Rosario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.03394, -27.65426 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF CERRO CULAMPAJAL BETWEEN RIO VICUNA PAMPA ON THE NE AND RIO DE LA SERRA ON THE SW. Went to the County and State of Argentian 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
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.03394, -27.65426

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BATHOLITHIC

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1700

Mining district

District name CULAMPAJAL DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA AURIFERA DEL ROSARIO S.R.L.
  • Type Operator
    Owner CIA AURIFERA DEL ROSARIO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 142 P.52-53 ANGELELLI(1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V. 2 P.404-405

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.