Mine detail: La Escondida

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Location: Mendoza, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -35.98081, -68.29943
dep_id: 10004954
mrds_id: AR11148
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Chalcedony, Opal, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Slight Kaolinization.
ore_ctrl: Faults In Some Cases.
Reporter: Venable, Margaret
hrock_unit: Agua Escondida Formation-Quartzites; Los Carrales Formation-Rhyolite & Rhyodarite;
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_unit: Basalt
arock_type: Diorite,Granite
prod_yrs: 195* AND ON
References:
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., ET.AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19,P. 97-103
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 100-103.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 97-103.
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