Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine

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Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine (also Buren-Tsogt, Burentsogt) is the mine and settlement in Mönkhkhaan sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia. This mine is 41 km SW from sum center .

Tungsten production was mainly by a joint venture of Mongolia and the former East Germany. Tungsten ore reserves at Burentsogt reported will be depleted in 1 to 2 years [1]

Tungsten artisanal mining is present [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ecology and Natural Resources: Minerals yearbook mineral industries of Asia and the Pacific 1991: Mongolia
  2. ^ Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project
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Coordinates: 46°44′19″N 111°42′03″E / 46.73861, 111.70083