Rio Verde

Producer in Spain with commodities Copper, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038928
MRDS ID M046418
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Verde
Alternate or previous names Ronda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -4.9149, 36.58267 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE RIO VERDE AT ISTAN 5 MILES NW OF MARBELLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT GRAIN SIZES = .0238 GR. TO 2 GR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -4.9149, 36.58267

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS
    Thickness 12M
    Width 250M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PT GRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMITE ; HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Andalusia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC ET GROSS ET, 1916, ETUDE COMPAREE DES GITES DE RONDA ET DE L'OURAL: MEN. SOC. PHYS. ET HIST. NAT, DE GENEVE, V. 38, P. 273

  • Deposit

    LIND, ET AL, 1923, PT ASSAYS AND PT PROMOTIONS: US BUR MINES REPT. INVESTIGATIONS, SER. 2496, P. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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