Mine detail: Aznalcollar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.53266, -6.28154

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1969

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mang Chert
Host type:Diabase,Keratophyre,Chert,Rhyolite

References

MRDSW018951
DEP10073118
Reference{Deposit:: DE LA CUADRA, LUIS AND PRADO, JULIAN, 1976, IMPORTANT SPANISH MINING PROJECTS, 9TH WORLD MINING CONG. 1-10 P. 8}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}{Production:: DE LA CUADRA, 1976}{Reserve-Resource:: DE LA CUADRA, 1976; MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Schruben, Paul G.