Mine detail: Los Condores W Mine

Previously called 'El Aguila'

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.64744, -65.29936

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuth, Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Apatite, Feldspar, Mica
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Phyllite & Micaceous Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Basin-Range Structure, Uplifted, Downfaulted Blocks, Little Folding Of Sedimentary Rocks In Basins, Prec Rocks Strike N, Dip Almost Vertical To E
Tectonic:	Sierras Pampeanas
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	W002086
DEP	10068828
Reference	{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J. C., HERRERA, A., AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: DIRRECION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, P. 162 (SPANISH}{Production:: ANGELLELI 1970, REF}{Reserve-Resource:: ANGELLELI, 1970, REF}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B.