Mine detail: Suria Mine

Previously called 'Potasas De SuriaMinas De Suria'

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 41.74908, 1.50193
dep_id: 10085383
mrds_id: W700965
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Potassium
Trace mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Carnallite, Halite
gangue: Clay
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)
hrock_unit: Cardona Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Evaporite
Structure: Anticlines
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 48.
  • Deposit:: VAZQUEZ GUZMAN, F., 1989, SPAIN, IN DUNNING, F.W., GARRARD, P., HASLAM, H.W., AND IXER, R.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 4/5: SOUTHWEST AND EASTERN EUROPE, WITH ICELAND: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MIENRALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 105-196.
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1985, SPAI* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 217, P. 23-63.
  • Deposit:: RAMIREZ ORTEGA, A., 1986, THE CATALAN POTASH FIELD: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 230, P. 55-59.
  • Production:: VAZQUEZ GUZMAN, 1989; RAMIREZ ORTEGA, 1986
  • Reserve-Resource:: VAZQUEZ GUZMAN, 1989.
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