| Lat / long: | -22.69197, -66.48723 |
| Primary: | Tin |
| Secondary: | Gold |
| Ore: | Cassiterite, Gold |
| Discovery year: | 1930 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Placer |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1933-1939 |
| First production started: | 1933 |
| Last production ended: | 1939 |
| Host rock: | Metamorphic Rocks, Phyllite, Schist, Quartzite, Talc Rock |
| Host type: | Gravel,Conglomerate |
| Associated rock: | Volcanic & Sedimentary Rocks, Sandstone, Dacite Stock Of Cerro Galan, Dikes |
| Associated type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Structure: | High Plateau, Undrained Basins, N-Trending Steep Fault Block Ranges And Gentler Anticlinal Structures, Extinct Qat Volcanoes To W., Two Systems Of Faults, Of Ord And Tert Ages Influenced The Course Of The Rio Pircas And Intrusion Of Cerro Galan |
| Tectonic: | Puna, High Plateau Of Andes |
| Alteration processes: | No Data Available |
| MRDS | W002094 |
| DEP | 10068836 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: DIRRECION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, P. 67 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: TURNER, J.C.M., 1982, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 3AB, MINA PIRQUITAS: DNGM BOL. 187, P. 44-45.}{Production:: ANGELELLI, 1970, REF} |
| Reporter | Davidson, Claire B., Long, Keith R. |