Mine detail: Los Viejos Mine

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -27.82246, -67.36084
dep_id: 10004279
mrds_id: AR01092
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Copper, Iron
Trace mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Wolframite
gangue: Mica, Quartz
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: System Of Faults And Diaclases (Greisen)
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
disc_yr: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 622. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, VOL. II, P. 622
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