Don Alberto Mine

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004315
MRDS ID AR01134
Record type Site
Current site name Don Alberto Mine
Alternate or previous names Marcelino, San Patricio, Virgen Del Valle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.16222, -28.22107 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM NE OF SALADO

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 W FLANK OF CERRO NEGRO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.16222, -28.22107

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Negro

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCTION OF HAND-SORTED SCHEELITE CONCENTRATES

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN; 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. MARIO, V.J. SOSIC, 1972, DNGM BOL. 129, P. 43

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDIVIDUAL VEINS DO NOT EXCEED 10M IN LENGTH

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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