Mine detail: Los Condores - El Aguila Mine

Previously called 'Aguila-Condores'

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Location: San Luis, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -32.71411, -65.26603
dep_id: 10106696
mrds_id: DE00314
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Pasitschniak, Anna
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
Structure: Quartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Schist And Gneiss
tectonic: Intracratonic
Year first produced: 1897
disc_yr: 1897
References:
  • Deposit:: KNOX, N.B., 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS AND MINING CONDITIONS IN ARGENTINA, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 146, NO. 6, JUNE 1945, P. 90-93.
  • Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D., AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT 3RD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, 36 P.
  • Deposit:: WRIGHT, C.W., 1940, MINERAL RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ARGENTINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOREIGN MINERALS QUARTERLY, VOL. 3, NO. 3, JULY 1940, P. 26-27.
  • Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1975, ROHSTOFFEWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, VIX: ARGENTINIEN, P. 70.
  • Deposit:: PUTZER, H., 1976, METALLOGENETISCHE PROVINZEN IN SUDAMERIKA, STUTTGART, E., SCHWEIZERBAR*CHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG, P. 181-82.
  • Deposit:: UNITED STATES, DEPT. OF COMMERCE, BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY: TUNGSTEN.
  • Deposit:: ANGELELLI, V., FERNANDEZ LIMA, J.C., HERRERA, A. AND ARISTARAIN, L., 1970, DESCRIPCION DEL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: MINERALES METALIFEROS; ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y TRABAJO, SECRETARIO DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, ANALES XV, P. 162.
  • Deposit:: ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, SUBSECRETARIA TECNICA, DIRECCION NACIONAL DE ECONOMIA MINERA, ESTADISTICA MINERA DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 1965-79.
  • Production:: CUM ITEMS 1-4:BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1975. CUM ITEM 5: ARGENTINA, MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE MINERIA, 1965-1979.
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