1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Silviana Luisa Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Manganese, Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097626
MRDS ID AR08109
Record type Site
Current site name Silviana Luisa Mine
Alternate or previous names Tafna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.69387, -22.1031 (WGS84)
Elevation 3550
Relative position 12 KM WSW OF LA QUIACA

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

  • MIDWAY BETWEEN QUEBRADA DE LA QUIACA AND QUEBRADA DE CIENAGA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS SOLD TO DIRECCION GENERAL DE FABRICACIONES MILITARES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tafna Formation;Acoite Formation
    Rock description Tafna Formation;Acoite Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.69387, -22.1031
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-15W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 400M
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tafna

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Manuel Lopez And Cia

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR IRON. THE EXPLOITION OF MANGANESE ORES BEGAN IN 1948-1949.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL. 103 P. 75-78 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V. I P. 348-350

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DNGM BOL. 103 P. 78

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site