Mine detail: Rio Tinto Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

37.70322, -6.59571

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Secondary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Limonite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite, Graphite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Zircon
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	-1100

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Shale,Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W700315
DEP	10084934
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 61.}{Deposit:: JENSEN, M. L., AND BATEMAN, A. M., 1979, ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY & SONS, 593 P.}{Deposit:: DIXON, C. J., 1979, ATLAS OF ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS: ITHACA (NEW YORK), CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, 143 P.}{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-LEAD-ZINC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E.