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Andacolla Mine

Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004288
MRDS ID AR01103
Record type Site
Current site name Andacolla Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosario, Santo Domingo, Tres Arroyos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.46473, -27.87579 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Relative position 15 KM SW OF SAN JOSE

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

  • BETWEEN QUEBRADA DE LOS MINEROS AND QUEBRADA ANDACOLLA, 4 KM E OF THE IRON MINE "ARGENTINA"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.46473, -27.87579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip W
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2000M

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. II, P. 623. 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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