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Pachamama Mine

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Copper, Zinc, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004286
MRDS ID AR01101
Record type Site
Current site name Pachamama Mine
Alternate or previous names Dele-Dele, Mercedes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.55196, -27.80635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
Relative position 15KM NNE OF ANILLACO

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

  • ON WESTERN FLANK OF SIERRA DE LA FIAMBALA, 45KM FROM TINOGASTA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.55196, -27.80635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-45W
    Dip 80NW
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Fiambala

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS

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. 129-130. 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

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

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