Fiambala Mine

Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Tin, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004276
MRDS ID AR01088
Record type Site
Current site name Fiambala Mine
Related records 10004273, 10004275, 10004277, 10004278, 10004280, 10004281, 10004282, 10094127, 10097612, 10097613, 10111389, 10004274, 10004279, 10004283, 10100585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.36084, -27.82246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position IN THE VICINITY OF FIAMBALA

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

  • 3 KM N OF QUEBRADA DE LA BOLIJA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Greisen

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.36084, -27.82246

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Fiambala

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 223. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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