Mine detail: Panasqueira Mine

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Location: Portugal, Europe
Lat / long: 40.14927, -7.74815
dep_id: 10055806
mrds_id: SP00004
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Tungsten, Tin, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Wolframite
gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Goethite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Reporter: Pasitschniak Anna
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Contact Aureole Of Granite Cupola
tectonic: Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1898
disc_yr: 1894
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, A., 1979, THE MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS, LTD., TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, P. 33-34, 56..
  • Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23..
  • Deposit:: KELLY, W.C., AND RYE, R.O., 1979, GEOLOGIC, FLUID INCLUSION AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE TIN-TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF PANASQUEIRA, PORTUGAL; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, P. 1,721-1,822..
  • Deposit:: ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P..
  • Deposit:: ALLAN, J.C., SMITH, G.A. AND LEWIS, R.I., 1946, THE PANASQUEIRA MINES, PORTUGAL: WOLFRAM MINING AND MILLING: LABOUR ORGANIZATION, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, VOL. 56, P. 211-290..
  • Deposit:: GOINHAS, J. AND VIEGAS, L., 1983, PROVINCIA METALOGENETICA ESTANIFERA E TUNGSTENICA IBERICA, PORTUGAL, MINISTERIO DA INDUSTRIA E ENERGIA, ESTUDOS, NOTAS E TRABALHOS DO SERVICO DE FOMENTO MINEIRO, VOL. XXV, FASCES 3-4, P. 147-178..
  • Deposit:: THADEU, D., 1979, LE GISEMENT STANNO-WOLFRAMIFERE DE PANASQUEIRA (PORTUGAL), CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, P. 35-42..
  • Deposit:: MCNEIL, M., 1982, PANASQUEIRA - THE LARGET MINE IN PORTUGAL, WORLD MINING VOL. 35, NO. 12, DEC. 1982, P. 52-55..
  • Deposit:: REYNAUD, R., 1982, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF PORTUGUESE TUNGSTEN ORES: MAIN PRODUCTION CENTRES IN PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON 22-24 MARCH, 1982, 32 P..
  • Deposit:: CHARTER CONSOLIDATED P.L.C., ANNUAL REPORTS.
  • Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W082
  • Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS RECORD W082
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