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Los Cóndores tungsten mine

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: wolframite, muscovite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Argentinas largest historic wolframite mine, worked from 1897 through the war booms

Documented mine in Argentine economic geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

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