Mine detail: Santa Comba Mine

Previously called 'Coparex'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.03255, -8.81475

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1943
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Quartz Veins Cut Small Granite Cupola Of Late Paleozoic Age
Tectonic:Paleozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSSP00030
DEP10055831
Reference{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}
ReporterSinclair, W. David