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Guadaiza River

Past Producer in Spain with commodities Platinum, Chromium
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  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039066
MRDS ID M046598
Record type Site
Current site name Guadaiza River
Alternate or previous names Rio Guadioso ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.24823, 36.28269 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN MALAGA AND GIBRALTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 175 DRILL HOLE ALONG RIVER TO EXPLORE FOR PT, 1914 TO 1917. ONE NUGGET OF PT FOUND MEASURED 5MM (.196 INCH)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.24823, 36.28269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 10.06M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Don Domingo De Orveta

Mining district

District name Cadiz Province

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUNZ, 1917, PLATINUM: MIN. IND., V. 26, P. 547

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, PT METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 41, 42

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. SER. 13, P. 114

  • Deposit

    HERIOR, 1918, MINING IN SPAIN: MIN. MAG., V. 19, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VALUES OF PT METALS NOT UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED

Reporter information

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

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

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