San Luis
Producer

Los Condores - El Aguila Mine

San Luis, Argentina
TungstenBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss
StructureQuartz Veins Cutting Precambrian Schist And Gneiss
Tectonic settingIntracratonic
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1897
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10106696
MRDS IDDE00314
Alternate namesAguila-Condores
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-32.71411, -65.26603
References
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