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Peregrina Mine

Past Producer in La Rioja, Argentina with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105336
MRDS ID TC40497
Record type Site
Current site name Peregrina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.72445, -29.06412 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position ABOUT 30 KM WEST OF CHILECITO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Rioja(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina La Rioja

Comments on the location information

  • IN FAMATINA RANGE, IN WESTERN PART OF CERRO NEGRO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Altaite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Digenite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Miargyrite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Safflorite Ore
Silver Ore
Skutterudite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Adularia-Sericite Type, Sericitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Nunorco Batholith;Patquia Formation;Mogote Complex
    Rock description Nunorco Batholith;Patquia Formation;Mogote Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Negro Peinado Formation
    Rock description Negro Peinado Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.72445, -29.06412
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name MAIN VEIN
    Strike N30W
    Dip 70NE
    Thickness 0.75M
    Length 350M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AND DEFORMATION OCCURRED 480 +/- 15 MA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1767
Discoverer Jesuits

Mining district

District name Cerro Negro District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Companhia Francesa De Nonogasta

Comments on the production information

  • GRADES 10-12 KG/MT AG; PRODUCED 6-8 MT PER MONTH.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CAST AND LEVELS DOWN TO 16-300 M DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • EXPLOITED BY INDIANS, JESUITS (1710-1810), ARAGONENSES (1800S).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, V. 4, P. 393-704.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 32, P. 667-679.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA STRUCTURE CONSISTED OF SHALE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY SIDERITE, OPEN SPACE FILLINGS.
Deposit PEREGRINA IS ALSO A VEIN NAME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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