Mine detail: Ipizca

Previously called 'Mina Ipiza IiPegmatita Vildoza'

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.72578, -65.54107
dep_id: 10004198
mrds_id: AR00344
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lithium
Minor mineral: Beryllium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Mica
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, RELLENO DE FRACTURAS
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Estructural
Reporter: Valladares Carrillo, H., Diego Silva Nieto
hrock_unit: Basamento Cristalino
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: Formation El Alto
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure: Bloques Submeridionales Fallados Y Volcados, Fracturas Paralelas A Las Pegmatitas
Year first produced: 1970
yr_lst_prd: 1978
disc_yr: 1970
prod_yrs: 8
discr: Ramasco, Lorenzo
References:
  • Deposit:: EVALUACION PREVIA (GTZ) 1987, DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA (INEDITO)
  • Deposit:: BALMACEDA, ALBERTO. 1982. ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA PEGMATITA SANTA GERTRUDIS E IPIZCA II. SIERRA DE ANCASTI, CATAMARCA. V CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA. ACTAS II. PAG. 756.
  • Deposit:: HOJA GEOLOGICA 2966-II. S.F.DEL VALLE DE CATAMARCA. SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL. 1990 (INEDITO)
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