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Victoria Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Antimony, Sulfur
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100615
MRDS ID AR15033
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.38277, -24.18083 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 18 KM W OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM NW OF ESPERANZA MINE ON CERRO SAN GERONIMO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is Sericitized And Bleached White

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.38277, -24.18083
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50-80W
    Dip 75-85SW
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 700M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS THOUGHT TO BE EPITHERMAL AND RELATED TO THE DACITE (TERTIARY)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Antonio De Los Cobres

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS(DEEPEST 22M), SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL.11 P.53 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. V.1 P.66

  • Deposit

    HOSKOLD, H.D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES, NATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE INCLUDE TWELVE VEINS MINERALIZED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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