Mine detail: Los Condores - El Aguila, Minas

Previously called 'El Aguila-Condores'

Location:	San Luis, Argentina, South America
Lat / long:	-32.71411, -65.26603
dep_id:	10004128
mrds_id:	AR00210
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Bismuth
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bismuthinite
orebody_fm:	VETIFORME, RELLENO DE FISURAS
ore_ctrl:	Estructural
Reporter:	Martinez, Hector, Diego Silva Nieto
hrock_type:	Schist,Gneiss
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Fallamiento Submeridiano, Que Limita Bloques Volcados.
tectonic:	Intracratonico
Year first produced:	1897
disc_yr:	1897
discr:	Compania Minera Hansa (Alemana)
References:	Deposit:: KNOX, N.B., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS AND MINING CONDITIONS IN ARGENTINA, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 146, NO. 6, JUNE 1945, P. 90-93. Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D., AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT 3RD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, 36 P. Deposit:: WRIGHT, C.W., 1940, MINERAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ARGENTINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOREIGN MINERALS QUARTERLY, VOL. 3, NO. 3, JULY 1940, P. 26-27. Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1975, ROHSTOFFEWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, VIX: ARGENTINIEN, P. 70. Deposit:: PUTZER, H., 1976, METALLOGENETISCHE PROVINZEN IN SUDAMERIKA, STUTTGART, E., SCHWEIZERBAR*CHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG, P. 181-82. Deposit:: UNITED STATES, DEPT. OF COMMERCE, BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY: TUNGSTEN. Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J.C., HERRERA, A. AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: MINERALES METALIFEROS; ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y TRABAJO, SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, ANALES XV, P. 162. Deposit:: ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, SUBSECRETARIA TECNICA, DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ECONOMIA MINERA, ESTADISTICA MINERA DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 1965-79. Production:: CUM ITEMS 1-4:BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1975. CUM ITEM 5: ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, 1965-1979.