Mine detail: Silleda

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.86589, -8.54808

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Tin
Ore: Cassiterite, Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Quartz Veins In Late Paleozoic Granitic Intrusion
Tectonic:Paleozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSSP00007
DEP10055809
Reference{Deposit:: UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS BRANCH, 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SPAIN, FOREGIN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 1, P. 22.. . SPAIN, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS, 1971, PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE EXPLOTACION MINERA-MINERIA DE MINERALES METALICOS VARIOS, VOL. 21, 1971, 300 P.. . SPAIN, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS, 1971, PLAN NACIONAL DE LA MINERIA, EDICION RESUMIDA, VOL. II, P. 104-107.. . ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 164}{Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W086}
ReporterSinclair W. David