Alto Cazadero Mine

Past Producer in Tucuman, Argentina with commodity Mica
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005625
MRDS ID AR22010
Record type Site
Current site name Alto Cazadero Mine
Alternate or previous names Cueva De Bazan, Maria Auxiliadora, Milagro San Pedro, Veronica, Graciela, Alejandra, Facundo, Victor Hugo, Chica, Santo Thomas De Aquino, El Pichao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.02664, -26.36886 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM W OF COLALAO DEL VALLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tucuman(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Tucuman

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN FLANK OF SIERRA DEL CAJON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 39
USGS model code 13f
Deposit model name Mica pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.02664, -26.36886

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-30W
    Dip 55-85 SSW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years AROUND 1950

Mining district

District name Quebrada Del Pichao

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966 INSTITUTO NACIONALE DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. SCHALAMUK, I., ET AL., 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 20, PP. 112-113. CALVAN, F. AMILCAR: 1981, DNGM BOL. 177, P. 43

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUSCOVITE OCCURS AS BOOKS 20-30 CM THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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