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Los Negros Mine

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver
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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 10004302
MRDS ID AR01120
Record type Site
Current site name Los Negros Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.0328, -27.74746 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position 35 KM NNW OF CHASCHUIL

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

  • IN QUEBRADA DE LOS NEGROS N OF RIO CHASCHUIL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Suri Formation
    Rock description Suri Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.0328, -27.74746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN; 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIO; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. TURNER, JUAN CARLOS, 1967, DNGM BOL. 106, P. 63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    TURNER, J.C., 1967, DNGM BOL. 106, P. 63

Reporter information

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

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