Mine detail: La Union Mine

Previously called 'LautaroLos Piratas'

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.82856, -66.22191
dep_id: 10004329
mrds_id: AR01150
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica
Minor mineral: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Muscovite
gangue: Quartz
model: 36: Nb-Ta pegmatites
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Los Divisaderos Formation;El Arbolito Formation
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_type: Tonalite
References:
  • Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966 INSTITUTO NACIONALE DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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