Mine detail: Guadacanal

Previously called 'Guadacanal Silver Mine'

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 38.0993, -5.81486
dep_id: 10039065
mrds_id: M046597
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Platinum, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Tetrahedrite
Reporter: Blair, Will N.
hrock_type: Schist
disc_yr: 1806
discr: A French Chemist - Vauquelin
References:
  • Deposit:: KEMP, 1902, PT AND ASSOC. METALS: USGS BULL. 193, P. 81
  • Deposit:: *EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. SER. 13, P. 114
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