Mine detail: Cartagena Mines

Previously called 'La Union MinesMantos De Silicatos?'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.64924, -0.74819

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1957

Geology

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

References

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.