Mine detail: Santa Comba Mine

Previously called 'Coparex'

Location:	Galicia, Spain, Europe
Lat / long:	43.03255, -8.81475
dep_id:	10055831
mrds_id:	SP00030
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten, Tin
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Cassiterite, Pyrite, Wolframite
gangue:	Quartz, Tourmaline
Reporter:	Sinclair, W. David
hrock_type:	Granite
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Quartz Veins Cut Small Granite Cupola Of Late Paleozoic Age
tectonic:	Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced:	1943
yr_lst_prd:	1985
References:	Deposit:: SPAIN, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS, 1971, PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE EXPLOTACION MINERA-MINERIA DE MINERALES, METALICOS VARIOS, VOL. 21, 300P.. . GOUANVIC, Y. ET GAGNY, C., 1983, ETUDE NE APLOPEGMATITE LITEE A CASSITERITE ET WOLFRAMITE, MAGMA DIFFERENCIE DE NDOGRANITE DE LA MINE DE SANTA COMBA (GALICE, ESPAGNE), BULLETIN SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE (7), XXV, NO. 3, P. 335-348.. . UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS BRANCH, 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SPAIN, FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 1, P. 22.. . KRAUSS, R.J., 1985, COPAREX PLANS HALT IN APRIL TO MINING OF TUNGSTEN IN SPAIN, AMERICAN METAL MARKET, VOL. 93, NO. 36, 22 FEB. 1985, P. 7.. . ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51P Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS RECORD W085 Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W085