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El Recuerdo Mine

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005227
MRDS ID AR15005
Record type Site
Current site name El Recuerdo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.33527, -24.20917 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 KM WNW OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM N OF MINE CONCORDIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Pirgua Formation
    Rock description Pirgua Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.33527, -24.20917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 85SW
    Thickness 0.07M
    Length 180M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Concordia

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSAY CONTENT: 130 G/T AG, 1.28% PB, 0.63% CU, 9.55% ZN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 65M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS 35 M AND 30 M LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNGM BOL.110 P.52 ANGELELLI(1984) YAGIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.2, P.523

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

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