Mine detail: Rio Tinto Mines

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 37.70322, -6.59571
dep_id: 10084934
mrds_id: W700315
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
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_fm: LENSES
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_type: Shale,Rhyolite
disc_yr: -1100
References:
  • 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.
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