Mine detail: Los Condores - El Aguila Mine

Previously called 'Aguila-Condores'

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Location

Lat / long: -32.71411, -65.26603

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Bismuth
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Quartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Schist And Gneiss
Tectonic:Intracratonic

References

MRDSDE00314
DEP10106696
Reference{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.}
ReporterPasitschniak, Anna