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Pan De Azucar Mine

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099379
MRDS ID TC00574
Record type Site
Current site name Pan De Azucar Mine
Alternate or previous names Espana, Potosi, Jesuita, Isadora
Related records 10004413

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.04666, -22.61947 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 KM WSW OF ABRA PAMPA

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

  • 4 KM S OF ROAD BETWEEN ABRA PAMPA AND MINA PIRQUITAS. MINE CONSISTS OF 3 PERTENENCIAS LOCATED AND PATENTED FROM 1918 TO 1923.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Hematite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Limonite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Semseyite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ores Are Oxidezed To 40 M Depth. Kaolin Salbands Around Veins.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Miocene
    Chronological age 16.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Adoyte; Pirgua
    Rock description Adoyte;Pirgua

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.04666, -22.61947
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Length 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1919
Year of last production 1952
Production years 1925-1928, 1950-1952

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rio Cincel, Pirquihua

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 26100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 1200 g/mt Silver Major 1979
    Lead Pb 13 wt-pct Lead Major 1979
    Zinc Zn 6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 19,000 TONS ECONOMIC (AG: 280 G/T; PB 6.6-ZN 6.6%); 62,000 SUBECONOMIC (PB 6.4-ZN 5.7%; AG: 480 G/T); 45,000 (PB 5.8-ZN 6.6%; AG: 340 G/T). )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1500M
    Overall depth 170M
    Overall length 1371.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • FROM 1925-1928 MINE DEVELOPED VIA TWO SHAFTS (PRINCIPAL , GOMEZ) ON THREE LEVELS (20, 40, AND 60M)- MINE REOPENED 1950-1952, PRINCIPAL SHAFT DEEPENED TO 170M AND 90 AND 130 M LEVELS DEVELOPED. WORKING HAVE SINCE FLOODED UP TO 6OM LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • FROM 1925 TO 1928 MINE DEVELOPED VIA TWO SHAFTS ; TOTAL$: 3.215 ; ECON.YEAR: 1990 ; ECON.COM: THREE DEPOSITS: RIO CINCEL--$265,000; PIRQUIHUA--$1,750,000 (PRIOR TO EXP)); PIRQUIHUA--$1,200,000 (PRIOR TO EXP) ; MILL.CAP : 100 MT/DAY (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IGARZABAL, ANTONIO P., 1969, ESTRUCTURA, MINERALIZACION Y GENESIS DEL YACIMIENTO PLUMBO-ARGENTO-ZINCIFERO PAN DE AZUCAR: ACTAS DE LA CUARTAS JORNADAS GEOLOGICAS ARGENTINAS, V. 1, P. 371-396.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, 1979.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPITHERMAL METALLOGENIC (AG-ZN-PB) VEINS IN METASEDIMENTS OF FMS. ADOYTE/ PIRGUA. DEPTH TO TOP IS 0 M; TO BOTTOM 170 M. MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 170 M; MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 10 M. IT STRIKES N65W AND N77E. THE MAIN VEIN IS CALLED ISADORA. UPPER PART OF VEINS CONSISTS OF STIBNITE MINERALIZATION PASSING DOWNWARD INTO GALENA-SPHALERITE. ORE SHOOTS OCCUR AT AN INTERVAL OF 40-50M ALONG THE VEINS AND VARY FROM 12 TO 45 M LONG, AVERAGE 0.6 M WIDE AND EXTEND FROM THE SURFACE TO 130-170M DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Strachan, Kelly U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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