Mine detail: Almeria Area Fluorspar - Lead Mines

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 36.83262, -2.44821
dep_id: 10069451
mrds_id: W006987
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Mercury, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
gangue: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Favorable Replacement Horizons (Dolomite)
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Dolomites
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Betic Cordillera, Sierra Nevada Range, Alpujarride Nappes (Smaller Mountain Chains Which Contain The Deposits And Are Located Around The Sierra Nevada Range)
References:
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 7 -
  • Production:: GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS... P. 8
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