View of the Capillitas polymetallic mining area, in 1914.
Santa Rita vein, Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Stereo view of the La Argentina vein at the famous Santa Rita mine, in 1914. Three gallery entrances with dumps are marked with a red "a". The bottom adit is now a tourist attraction, famous for world class rhodochrosite. The dark colored exposures of the vein are caused by the gangue of oxidized rhodochrosite (Paar et al. 2016). Vintage real ...
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