Mine detail: Castaneda De Llamuco

Previously called 'El Penoso,El Algarrabo&AlcapparoOre Bodies.El Algarrobo Fe Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -31.71746, -70.75952

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Other material: Apatite, Arfvedsonite, Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Sphene, Tourmaline, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS3370210003
DEP10182156
Reference{Deposit:: MCALLISTER, JAMES F. AND RUIZ, CARLOS 1948 GEOLOGY OF THE TU}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN CHILE GEOLOGICAL BULLITEN 960C P 92 97}{Deposit:: U.N.1970.SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES.DEPT.OF ECON.&SO}{Deposit:: AFFAIRS.U.N.NEW YORK.1970.P.332.}{Deposit:: 1976 E/MJ INT.DIR.OF MINING&MIN. PROCESSING UNITS.MCGRAW-HIL}{Deposit:: 1976.P.}
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