Mine detail: Las Pircas Mine

Previously called 'San EmilioRepublica'

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -27.82246, -67.36084
dep_id: 10004274
mrds_id: AR01085
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cassiterite
gangue: Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite
alteration: Greisen
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_type: Quartzite,Gneiss,Amphibolite
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. I, P. 224. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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