Catamarca
Past Producer

Los Viejos Mine

Catamarca, Argentina
TungstenCopperIronSulfur
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryCopper, Iron
TertiarySulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlSystem Of Faults And Diaclases (Greisen)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Wolframite
GangueMica, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10004279
MRDS IDAR01092
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.82246, -67.36084
References
ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 622. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIACIMRIANGELELLI, V., 1984, VOL. II, P. 622