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Michango Mine

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Kaolin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004258
MRDS ID AR01064
Record type Site
Current site name Michango Mine
Alternate or previous names Dona Cecilia, Don Luis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.12441, -28.24745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Relative position 2.5 KM N60E OF MISCHANGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM S OF RINCON AND 5 KM E OF SIJAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.12441, -28.24745
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner La Calera Argentina S.A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 17M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROCESSSED AT A PLANT IN SIJAN, CATAMARCA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN; 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. BONORINO, F.G., 1978, DNGM BOL. 160, P. 52-53

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIBED BY BONDRINO (1978) AS A HYDROTHERMAL STOCKWORK OR BRECCIA. SOME 75 BY 60M OF STOCKWORK/BRECCIA EXPOSED IN MINE AREA. AND IS PART OF A N-S STRINKING BODY THAT EXTENDS 7 KM SOUTH TO A POINT 2 KM EAST OF MUTQUIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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