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La Purisima Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004407
MRDS ID AR08011
Record type Site
Current site name La Purisima Mine
Alternate or previous names Rumicruz, Argentina, Don Santiago, Dona Emana, Mona Carolina, Nona Constanza, Nona Maria, Rosario, Silvia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.53832, -22.82391 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 19 KM SE OF ABRA PAMPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF CERRO COLORADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Acoite Formation
    Rock description Acoite Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.53832, -22.82391
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND LENS
    Strike ENE-ESE
    Dip 30-75N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Lucardi, Jose, Vilaseca Franch

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 6750000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 38500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS WORKINGS TOTALING 540M INCLUDE: 450M HORIZONTAL GALERIES, 40M SHAFT, AND SOME SECONDARY WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNGM, BOL. 170 P.73-74 ANGELELLI, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALLIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, V.1, P.137-138

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BANCO INDUSTIAL DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 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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