Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine Explained

Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine (Mongolian: Бүрэнцогт) is a former mine (closed around 2009) and a 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.^[1]

Tungsten artisanal mining is present ^[2]

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46.7386°N 111.7008°W

Notes and References

1. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/EcoNatRes/EcoNatRes-idx?type=turn&entity=EcoNatRes.MinYB1991v3Asia.p0283&isize=text Ecology and Natural Resources: Minerals yearbook mineral industries of Asia and the Pacific 1991: Mongolia
2. Web site: Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project . 2007-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722220001/http://www.sam.mn/index.php?id=80&lang=0&cont=2 . 2011-07-22 . dead .