Mina De Las Carachas

Past Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000141
MRDS ID AR16079
Record type District
Current site name Mina De Las Carachas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.4328, -28.80026 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ON THE MAPA MINERO-PROVINCIA SAN JUAN. FOUR DISTRICT MINES ARE SHOWN: LA ARGENTINA/MINA SUR. 28-46-00S,069-30-00W; LA AZUL/SAN MATEO, 28-45-00S, 069-28-00W; JESEFINA/MARUJA, 28-48-00S, 069-28-00W; LA NEGRA, 28-43-00S, 069-29-00W. HOWEVER, ANGELELLI DESCRIBES THEM ALL TOGETHER UNDER THE HEADING "MINA DE LAS CARACHAS", AND A SINGLE MINE OF THAT NAME WITH THE COORDINATES GIVEN ABOVE APPEARS ON THE PASTILLOS QUAD., EST 5"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.4328, -28.80026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA LAS CARACHAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET AL, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19.

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 541-542.

Beyond USGS

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