Mine detail: Silleda

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Location: Galicia, Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 42.86589, -8.54808
dep_id: 10055809
mrds_id: SP00007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite, Wolframite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Sinclair W. David
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Quartz Veins In Late Paleozoic Granitic Intrusion
tectonic: Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1917
References:
  • 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
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