El Cobre - Matacabras Pb Mines

Producer in Spain with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089358
MRDS ID W018953
Record type Site
Current site name El Cobre - Matacabras Pb Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -3.63152, 38.0826 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE LINARES. ACTIVE MINES ARE EL COBRE #1, SAN JUAN, ESMERALDA, GRUPO COBO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 TO 8% PB, 325 TO 500 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -3.63152, 38.0826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Linares District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia. La Cruz S. A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7.5 % Pb, (Estimated By P.G.S.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 91 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1975 ; ECON.COM: 25,000 MTPY PB REFINERY. 250 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1972, MAPA PREVISOR DE MINERALIZACIONES DE PLOMBO - ZINC; IN MAPA METALOGENITACO DE ESPANA E. 1: 1,500,000; FIG 2.1 -

  • Production

    STAFF, 1972, MAPA METAL. ESPANA, PB-ZN FIG. 2.1 - 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL COBRE NO. 1 GROUP IS 2500 M. LONG. SAN JUAN - ESMERALDA GROUP IS 1500 M. LONG, GRUPO COBO IS 1500 M. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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