Mine detail: Argentina Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -16.98101, -67.48282

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore: Bismutite, Wolframite
Gangue: Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Catavi;Pampa;
Host type:Hornfels,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rock:Quimsa Cruz Batholith
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into Borrascotabajaderia Syncline
Tectonic:Cordilleras Alta Orientales, Quimsa Cruz Batholith
Alteration processes:Reactivation Superimposed

References

MRDSW031625
DEP10107377
Reference{Deposit:: URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO - ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA EM. CARACOLES: SOC GEOL BOL. BOLE. NO. 16}{Deposit:: CARO, E., 1962, PETROGENESIS Y MINERALIZACION DEL BATOLITO DE QUIMSA CRUZ: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE ORURO, FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA}
ReporterUrquidi-Barrau, Fernando