Santo Domingo Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in San Luis, Argentina with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061425
MRDS ID TC34303
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Domingo Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 1 Vein On El Bolchito, San Jose, and La Delicia Claims, Pozo Grande Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.91605, -33.03078 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8 KM NW OF CERRO MORRO, 120 KM SW OF CORDOBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Luis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.91605, -33.03078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 700M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South American Mining
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • FEW KILOGRAMS OF WO3 CONC.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL, GRADE OF MINEABLE BLOCKS ESTIMATED TO BE 0.2% WO3, DUMP RANDOM SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.66% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., AND GONZALEZ, E.M., 1947, TUNGSTEN INVESTIGATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, 1942-1943: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 954-A, P. 34-36

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SMITH AND GONZALEZ (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE OF SIZE OF VEIN NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.