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Cerro Colorado Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity Lead
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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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004464
MRDS ID AR08084
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.60499, -22.33086 (WGS84)
Elevation 3650
Relative position 26 KM S OF LA QUIACA

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 THE NW FLANK OF CERRO COLORADO 9 KM SE OF THE TRAIN STATION PUMAHUASI AND 4 KM SSW OF SOL DE MAYO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Acoite Formation
    Rock description Acoite Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.60499, -22.33086
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N87-84W
    Dip 55-65NE
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pumahuasi-Cangrejillos

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED WORKINGS INCLUDE A SHAFT 14M DEEP AND A GALLERY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 103 P.66 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.II P.484

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO VEINS SEPARATED BY 300M FROM N TO S

Reporter information

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

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