Mine detail: Rubiales Pb-Zn Mine

Previously called 'Emi Mine'

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 42.56587, -6.99807
dep_id: 10089360
mrds_id: W018958
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Intense Silicification
ore_ctrl: Drag Folds Associated With An Anticline
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S., Bliss, James D.
hrock_type: Argillite,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Ore Is On East Limb Of An Anticline Plunging 15 Deg
Year first produced: 1978
disc_yr: 1966
prod_yrs: 1978-
discr: Examinesa
References:
  • 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
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