Mine detail: Cerro Negro District

Previously called 'Bella UnionVeta De SolBritaniaInglesaSan ZacariasSan NicolasStar of the EastCorazon De JesusSan AndreasTrinidadVieudaSan Pedro Del PuertoEmmaRosaSofiaCarmonaNorth Santo DomingoCortaderaSan LorenzoMercedesGloriaRosarioTransitoChanarcilloInfiernoSanta TeresaPurgatoryDavidLa ViudaBuena EsperanzaVictoriaPeregrinaCasa ColoradoChocoy OleLos Jesuitas Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.06415, -67.72445

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Antimony, Gallium, Indium, Cadmium, Arsenic, Germanium
Discovery year:	1767

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	HYDROTHERMAL VEINS
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDS	W026253
DEP	60001739
Reference	{Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380.}{Deposit:: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES.}{Deposit:: ANGELELLI, VICTORIO, 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROUS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, VOL. II: BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, P. 393-704.}{Deposit:: HOSKOLD, H. D., 1904, OFFICIAL REPORT UPON THE MINES, MINING, METALLURGY, AND MINING LAWS ETC., OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES, NATIONAL SECTION OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, 474P.}{Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, I.B., AND LOGAN, M.A.V., 1994, POLYMETALLIC AG-TE-BEARING PARAGENESIS OF THE CERRO NEGRO DISTRICT, FAMATINA RANGE, V. 32, P. 667-679.}