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Colpitayoc Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Tin, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004418
MRDS ID AR08027
Record type Site
Current site name Colpitayoc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.82724, -22.66975 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 30 KM WNW OF MINA PIRQUITAS.

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

  • ON S FLANK OF CERROS PULULUS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Galan Formation
    Rock description Galan Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.82724, -22.66975
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Resurgent Dome

Ore body information

  • Width 0.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Open-Space Filling Of Cooling Fractures In Dacite Dome.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS ANALAGOUS TO RHYOLITE-HOSTED SN (25H) BUT OCCURS IN LOW-SILICA, PERALUMINOUS DACITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerros Pululus

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF SORTED ORE CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 69% SN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.C.M., 1982, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 3AB, MINA PIRQUITAS: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL BOLETIN NO. 187, P. 43-44.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES COMISION DE INVISTICACIONES CIENTIFICAS, LA PLATA, V. 1, P. 230-231.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 2-10 CM WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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