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Fluoruros S.A.

Past Producer in Spain with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157943
MAS/MILS ID 4690650002
Record type Site
Current site name Fluoruros S.A.
Alternate or previous names Fluoruros, S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.49804, 43.41586 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.49804, 43.41586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATIFORM
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 850821

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE FLUORUROS PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED ALONG AN EAST- WEST FAULT ZONE CUTTING MESOZOIC AND TERTIARY SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Worker's Cooperative
    Interest 100
    Home office Spain
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 234000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 234000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 247000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 247000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 292000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 292000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 368000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 368000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 413000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 413000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 457000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 457000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 451000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 451000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 332000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 332000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 113000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 113000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 322000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 322000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 392000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 322000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 25wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 53000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 53000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 453000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 453000mt 25wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Caf2 Feed Grade 25.3 Wt% 450000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 450000mt 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINING ACTIVITY IN THE CARAVIA DISTRICT BEGAN IN 1937/38 AND WERE NOT INTERRUPTED UNTIL 1978, WHEN ALL OPERATIONS CEASED. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THIS DISTRICT IS FROM THE OPEN PIT SAN LINO MINE. THE UNDER- GROUND MINE IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Demonstrated 4300000mt ore
    Total resources 4300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 22.5 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Q1 + Q2 = Q3, M3C1 = M9C4. RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM A PRIVATE PUBLICATION, UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, SCHOOL OF MINING ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGY, MADRID, SPAIN, 1982.
  • ACID, METALLURGICAL AND CERAMIC GRADE FLUORPSAR OPERATING FROM LA VIESCA AND SMALL OPEN PIT, NORBERTO MINE UNDER DEVELOPMENT. SAN LINO CLOSED PERMANENTLY, ESPASA HMS PLANT WAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY ALSO. (L.P. 1986)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 9.1
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5.2
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 20
    Unit Production Cost 10.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 9.1
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Unit Production Cost 10.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 9.1
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Unit Production Cost 10.45
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 120M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Waste Rock 9.1
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Unit Production Cost 10.45
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE FLOTATION MILL AT PINZALES PRODUCES THREE SALABLE PRODUCTS. THE ACID GRADE FILTER CAKE IS SHIPPED BY TRUCK TO THE PORT OF AVILES. THE MAJOR CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN THE U.S.S.R. AND THE U.S. THE OTHER TWO PRODUCTS, DRIED ACID AND CERAMIC GRADE CONCENTRATES, ARE SHIPPED BY RAIL TO CONSUMERS IN EUROPE. METALLURGICAL GRAVEL PRODUCED AT ESPASA (CARAVIA DISTRICT, HEAVY MEDIA PLANT) IS PRESUMED TO BE SOLD TO STEEL PLANTS IN NORTHERN SPAIN.
  • THE TOTAL SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINE TONNAGE FOR THE CARAVIA DISTRICT IS 330,000 MT/YEAR, AND FOR THE COLLADA DISTRICT IS 120,000 MT/YEAR.
  • THE TOTAL SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINE TONNAGE FOR THE CARAVIA DISTRICT IS 330,000 MT/YEAR, AND FOR THE COLLADA DISTRICT IS 120,000 MT/YEAR.
  • THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FEED GRADE IS 22.1 WT%.
  • THE ORE MINED IN THE CARAVIA DISTRICT IS FED TO A HEAVY MEDIA PLANT PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO THE FLOTATION MILL AT PINZALES. ALL ORE PRODUCED IN THE COLLADA DISTRICT IS SENT TO THE WASH PLANT IN COLLADA, BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO THE FLOTATION MILL IN PINZALES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRIVATE PUBLICATION, UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, SCHOOL OF MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGY, MADRID, SPAIN, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA CONTAINED IN THIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES & MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT #JO225010 IN 1983. INFORMATION REGARDING MINE/MILL OPERATING DAYS AND CAPACITIES WERE ESTIMATED, AND SHOULD BE UPDATED WHEN CORRECT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT BOTH THE MINES AND MILLS OPERATED 300 DAYS PER YEAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Kilgore, Catherine C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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