Mine detail: Los Frailes

Previously called 'Aznalcollar'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.51603, -6.26491

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Sulfur
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1979

Geology

References

MAS4690770001
DEP10255047
Reference{Deposit:: E/MJ, JUNE 1977, CONSTRUCTION IS WELL ALONG AT AZNALCOLLAR,}{Deposit:: PP. 130-131.}{Deposit:: ANDALUZA DE PIRITAS S.A. CIRCUITO DEL COBRE}{Deposit:: ANDALUZA DE PIRITAS S.A. PLANTA NV.-80 ESCALA 1:1000}{Deposit:: ANDALUZA DE PIRITAS S.A. CIRCUITO DEL PLOMO}{Deposit:: ANDALUZA DE PIRITAS S.A. PERFIL GEOLOGICO E.3887 1:1000}{Deposit:: PLANO GENERAL DE INSTALACIONES DE MINA. 1:5000 1976}{Deposit:: LURGI-FRANKFURT:GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF BENEFICIATION PLANT}{Deposit:: CU,PB,ZN-FLOTATION,AZNACOLLAR 1973 1:500}{Deposit:: MINING MAGZINE, JANUARY 1990, PP. 20-25}{Production:: *CRU METAL MONITOR, ZINC, OCT. 1991, P.7.}{Production:: *CRU MONITOR, ZINC, JAN. 1994, P. 7.}{Production:: *CRU QUARTERLY SERVICE, LEAD, JAN. 1994, P. 34.}{Reserve-Resource:: WESTERN MINING JANUARY 1982, PAGE 18:}{Reserve-Resource:: COLUMN 2: COPPER BEARING PYROCLASTIC ROCK 1969 WESTERN}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.