Mine detail: Tasna

Previously called 'Tazna'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.49758, -66.14945

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Bismuth
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tourmaline, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1892

Geology

References

MAS3350350051
DEP10182348
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ReporterBleiwas, Donald