San Sebastian Mine

Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Uranium, Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004834
MRDS ID AR10272
Record type Site
Current site name San Sebastian Mine
Alternate or previous names Navidad, Felicidad, San Victorio, Santa Brigida I-Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.67473, -29.50967 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM SSW OF SANOGASTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIERRA DE SANOGASTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.67473, -29.50967

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sanogasta

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1953-1959
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA.

  • Deposit

    E. DE ALBA, 1979, DNGM BOL. 163.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 582.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984; VOL. II, P. 582.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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