La Parilla

Producer in Spain with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134244
MAS/MILS ID 4690110002
Record type Site
Current site name La Parilla

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.89818, 39.06599 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.89818, 39.06599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1500M
    Width 700M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1951
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minero Bonilla, S. A. Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Spain
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PA=1.1 MT WO3/DAY; 0.1 MT SNO2/DAY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FORMERLY 4690000008A. RESOURCES AS OF 1/83.
  • 85% MINE RECOVERY. 5% ORE DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Capacity 833
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.87
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $232/MT SCHEELITE; $128/MT CASSITERITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, 1981, NO. 463, P. 17-22.

  • Deposit

    GUMIEL, P., AND PINEDA, A., ESTUDIO DEL YACIMIENTO DE

  • Deposit

    SCHEELITE DE LA PARILLA, TECNITERRAE, P., 5-259.

  • Deposit

    PLAN NACIONAL DE MINIERIS, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA J

  • Deposit

    ENERGIA, DESCRIPTION DE LA PARILLA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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