Mine detail: Rubiales Pb-Zn Mine

Previously called 'Emi Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.56587, -6.99807

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1966

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1978-
First production started: 1978

Geology

Host type:Argillite,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Ore Is On East Limb Of An Anticline Plunging 15 Deg
Alteration processes:Intense Silicification

References

MRDSW018958
DEP10089360
Reference{Deposit:: STAFF, 1972, MAPA PREVISOR DE MINERALIZACIONES DE PLOMBO - ZINC: IN MAPA METALOGENITICO DE ESPANA E. 1: 1,500.000; FIG. 2.1 - 3}{Deposit:: WHITE, LANE, 1977, RUBIALES: A NEW MINE ADDS TO GROWING SPANISH OUTPUT; ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 4-77 P 77 - 9}{Deposit:: DE LA CUADRA, LUIS AND PRADO, J., 1976, IMPORTANT SPANISH MINING PROJECTS; WORLD MINING CONGRESS, 9TH, 1-10 P. 10}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZING, 1989, RUBIALES REVISITED: V. 160, NO. 3, P 180-189.}{Production:: ENGIN./MINING JOUR. 4-77 P. 77 - 9; MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1989, P. 180 & 188.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 4 - 77 P. 77}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S., Bliss, James D.