| Location: | Murcia, Spain, Europe |
| Lat / long: | 37.64924, -0.74819 |
| dep_id: | 10073119 |
| mrds_id: | W018952 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Lead, Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Albite, Calcite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | MANTOS, PENECONCORDANT REPLACEMENTS, DISCORDANT VEINS AND PODS, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ZONES |
| conc_proc: | Pb-Zn Concentrated Pedologically In A Paleo-Soil |
| ore_ctrl: | Lithological And Structural Controls |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_unit: | Nevado-Filabride Schists, Quartz Marbles;Alpujarride Phyllite-Quartzites, Diabases;Pebbly Mudstones And Other Sediments |
| hrock_type: | Diabase,Quartzite,Marble,Schist,Mudstone,Limestone |
| Structure: | Alpujarrides Nappe |
| tectonic: | Miogeosynclinal Ridge |
| Year first produced: | 1957 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PAVILLON, M. - J., 1969, LES MINERALISATIONS PLOMBO - ZINCIFERES DE CARTHAGENE (CORDILLERES BETIQUES, ESPAGNE); MINERALIUM DEPOSITA V. 4, NO. 4 P. 368 - 385
- Deposit:: FRIEDRICH, GUNTHER, 1964, LAGERSTATTENKUNDLICHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN AN DEN ERZVORKOMMEN DER SIERRA DE CARTAGENA IN SPANIEN; GEOLOGISCHES JAHRBUCH, BEIHEFTE, HEFT 5., 108 P. ENG. SUMM.
- Deposit:: OEN, I. S. ET AL, 1975, THE LEAD - ZINC AND ASSOCIATED ORES OF LA UNION SIERRA DE CARTAGENA, SPAIN; ECON. GEOL. V. 70 P. 1259 - 1278
- Production:: RAUSCH & MARIACHER, 1970, AIME SYMP. PB-ZN V. 1, P. 952 - 953
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