Diablillos mine

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Diablillos mine
Location
Salta Province
Country Argentina
Production
Products silver

The Diablillos mine is a large silver mine located in the north of Argentina in Salta Province. Diablillos represents one of the largest silver reserve in Argentina and in the world having estimated reserves of 77.1 million oz of silver and 0.6 million oz of gold. [1]

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Argentina Federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Salta Province Province of Argentina

Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile.

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References

  1. "Diablillos Mine". silverstandard.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2013-06-29.