Mine detail: La Escondida

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Location

Lat / long: -35.98081, -68.29943

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 195* AND ON

Geology

Host rock:Agua Escondida Formation-Quartzites; Los Carrales Formation-Rhyolite & Rhyodarite;
Host type:Basalt
Associated rock:Basalt
Associated type:Diorite,Granite
Alteration processes:Slight Kaolinization.

References

MRDSAR11148
DEP10004954
Reference{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.}
ReporterVenable, Margaret