Mine detail: Pirquitas Placer Mine

Previously called 'San Marcos'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.69197, -66.48723

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Cassiterite, Gold
Discovery year: 1930

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW002094
DEP10068836
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}
ReporterDavidson, Claire B., Long, Keith R.