La Vizcachera Mine

Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004570
MRDS ID AR08212
Record type Site
Current site name La Vizcachera Mine
Related records 10004571, 10004576, 10004577, 10004579, 10100593, 10100594, 10004564, 10004578, 10100595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.69887, -23.18502 (WGS84)
Relative position 51KM SSW OF TRES CRUCES

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 EAST FLANK OF SIERRA AGUILAR, CONSISTS OF SIX PERTENENCIAS (36HA)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.69887, -23.18502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Aguilar

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Aguilar Sa

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA MINISTERO DE ECONOMIA; REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 1973 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. V. II, P. 476-480 ANGELELLI (1970) DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA; MINERALES METALIFEROS P. 117-118

  • 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.