Mine detail: La Viuda Mine

Previously called 'Santo Domingo, El Pelao, Envidia I, Filon Bella Elisa, Iruschal Ii,La Casualidad, La Cortadera, La Providencia, La Veguita, Las Pircas,Maestra Del Pabello, Pabellon I-Ii, San AndresVieuda'

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Location: La Rioja, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -28.95329, -67.80696
dep_id: 10004749
mrds_id: AR10144
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Trace mineral: Nickel, Iron, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
alteration: Adularia, -Sericite
Reporter: Sow, Thierno, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Negro Peinado Formation
hrock_type: Schist,Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone
arock_unit: Mogote Complex
arock_type: Rhyodacite
disc_yr: 1780
discr: Jesuites
References:
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 498. MAPA MINERO DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIOJA, 1966-1967, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA; SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA. TURNER, J.C., 1963, DNGM, BOL., P. 100.
  • Deposit:: HOSKOLD, H.D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES, NMATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474 P.
  • Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE-BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, V. 32, P. 667-679.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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