Santa Teresita Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity Manganese
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004522
MRDS ID AR08152
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Teresita Mine
Alternate or previous names Tumbaya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.52553, -23.79418 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM NNW OF TUMBAYA

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 RIGHT BANK OF QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.52553, -23.79418

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED ABOUT 200 T OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA; 1973 ANGELELLI AND OTHERS, 1970 "DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALO GENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, MINERALES METALIFEROS", P. 100

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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