Mine detail: Cerro Escaya

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Location: Jujuy, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -22.2531, -65.76054
dep_id: 10004477
mrds_id: AR08100
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Acoite Formation; Santa Victoria Group
hrock_type: Schist,Shale,Sandstone
arock_type: Diorite,Diabase,Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: DNGM BOL. 103 P. 56-73 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V. II P. 485 ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V. I P. 135-13
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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