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Buena Suerte Mine

Past Producer in Catamarca, Argentina with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004278
MRDS ID AR01091
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Suerte Mine
Alternate or previous names Los Arboles
Related records 10004273, 10004274, 10004275, 10004276, 10004277, 10004279, 10004280, 10004281, 10004282, 10004283, 10094127, 10097612, 10097613, 10100585, 10111389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.36084, -27.82246 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Relative position 7 KM FROM LA AGUADITA AND 50 KM NE OF TINOGASTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catamarca(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Catamarca

Comments on the location information

  • IN QUEBRADA DE LOS ARBOLES, 3 KM FROM LOS VIEJOS MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.36084, -27.82246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE/NE-SW
    Dip 50-60SW/60-80SE
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 120M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Sierra De Fiambala

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Argentina

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 900M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., 1984, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA: LA PLATA, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, COMISION DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, VOL. II, P. 620-621. MAPA MINERO DEL PROVINCIAS DE CATAMARCA Y TUCUMAN, 1966, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, SERVICIO DE ECONOMIA MINERIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF TWO VEIN SYSTEMS PERPENDICULAR TO ONE ANOTHER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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