Mine detail: Pan De Azucar Mine

Previously called 'EspanaPotosiJesuitaIsadora'

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Location

Lat / long:

-22.61947, -66.04666

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Hematite, Jamesonite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Semseyite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Alunite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Opal, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1925-1928, 1950-1952
First production started:	1919
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Adoyte; Pirgua
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	Ores Are Oxidezed To 40 M Depth. Kaolin Salbands Around Veins.

References

MRDS	TC00574
DEP	10099379
Reference	{Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES, ARG.}{Deposit:: IGARZABAL, ANTONIO P., 1969, ESTRUCTURA, MINERALIZACION Y GENESIS DEL YACIMIENTO PLUMBO-ARGENTO-ZINCIFERO PAN DE AZUCAR: ACTAS DE LA CUARTAS JORNADAS GEOLOGICAS ARGENTINAS, V. 1, P. 371-396.}{Deposit:: E/MJ, 1979.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Strachan, Kelly, Long, Keith R., Page, Norman J.