Mine detail: Valcheta District Fluorspar Mines

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Location: Rio Negro, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -40.74756, -66.24932
dep_id: 60001688
mrds_id: W006982
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: FAULT CONTROL
Year first produced: 1951
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • Deposit:: BOGERT, J.R., 1958, NEW ARGENTINE DISTRICT HAS PROMISING MN, FE, CAF2, WO3, PB AND CU DEPOSITS: MINING WORLD, APRIL 1958, V. 20, N. 4, P. 49 - 51, 81
  • Deposit:: 1953, MINING WORLD V. 15 N. 10, SEPT. 1953, P. 85
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