Mine detail: Virgen Del Valle Mine

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Location: La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.91717, -67.60362
dep_id: 10004667
mrds_id: AR10046
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Sulfur, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Scheelite, Wolframite
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Veins Follow Schistocity In Host Rocks And Are Folded
Reporter: Sow, Thierno
hrock_unit: Negro Peinado Formation;Nunurco Formation
hrock_type: Slate,Schist
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GIOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II P. 651
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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