Los Santos

Occurrence in Spain with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024776
MRDS ID ISM0528
Record type Site
Current site name Los Santos
Alternate or previous names Guijuelo District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.79813, 40.54923 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Endrinal Limestone
    Rock description Endrinal Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.79813, 40.54923

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Late Paleozoic Grandiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Promotora De Recursos Naturales S.A. (Banco De Bilboa) And Billiton Espanola S.A. (Shell Co.)
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SONDERMAYER,R.V., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF SPAIN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES , MINERALS YEARBOOK 1983, P. 701.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST: EJMJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, VOL. 12, NO. 1 0, MARCH 21, 1986, P. 15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Werner, Antony (Sinclair, W. David) Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.