| Lat / long: | 37.64924, -0.74819 |
| Primary: | Lead, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver |
| Ore: | Barite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Albite, Calcite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | MANTOS, PENECONCORDANT REPLACEMENTS, DISCORDANT VEINS AND PODS, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ZONES |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1957 |
| Host rock: | Nevado-Filabride Schists, Quartz Marbles;Alpujarride Phyllite-Quartzites, Diabases;Pebbly Mudstones And Other Sediments |
| Host type: | Diabase,Quartzite,Marble,Schist,Mudstone,Limestone |
| Structure: | Alpujarrides Nappe |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosynclinal Ridge |
| MRDS | W018952 |
| DEP | 10073119 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Schruben, Paul G. |