Mine detail: Farallon Negro

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -27.49746, -66.49943
dep_id: 10064743
mrds_id: TC39217
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Manganese
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Manganite, Pyrolusite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite,Basalt
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1866, P. 16-17.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1987, P. 58.
  • Deposit:: WORLD BANK, 1993, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1993, HIGH HOPES IN ARGENTINA: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 5, 1993, V. 321, P. 318.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: WORLD BANK (1993); ANON (1993).
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