Alumones De Santa Catalina

Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity 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. Land status
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056536
MRDS ID TC00577
Record type Site
Current site name Alumones De Santa Catalina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.16611, -22.08087 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • ENTRANCE ROAD AVAILABLE. LOCATION GIVEN AS 21-50S TO 22-20S AND 66-05W TO 66-20W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.16611, -22.08087

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.01 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on development

  • COMPLETED EXPLORATION ; TOTAL$: 10 ; ECON.COM: INVESTMENT INDICATED WITH REFERENCE TO MACHINERY AND PROCESSING OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN MANTLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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