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Suria

Producer in Spain with commodity Potassium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  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 10184313
MAS/MILS ID 4690150003
Record type Site
Current site name Suria
Alternate or previous names Minas De Potasa De Suria

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 1.50192, 41.66578 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Carnallite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 1.50192, 41.66578
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Depth to top 550M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 300
    Date of Last Modification 850103
  • Area 800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Catalonia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minas De Potasa De Suria Sa (Mpssa)
    Interest 100
    Home office Spain
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 909999 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 909999mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 1089000 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 1089000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 909999 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 909999mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 978999 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 978999mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 1123000 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 1123000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Mine Output/ Potash Ore 1394000 Mt Of Ore Treated/Yr.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Potassium Potassium 1394000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED INSITU RESOURCES USED IN THE 1984 PROPERTIES ECONOMIC EVALUATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 550M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock SOFT SEMIPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics SEMIPLASTIC OR PLASTIC
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 6240
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 225
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • SINCE SURIA AND CABANASAS, ANOTHER PROPERTY OF MINAS DE POTASAS DE SURIA (MPSSA), ARE ONLY ABOUT 10 KM APART ONE MILL LOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO MINES PROCESSES ORE FROM BOTH. BECAUSE THERE IS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE AMOUNT OF FEED FROM CABANASAS, A CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
  • THE PRODUCT IS FIRST TRANSPORTED TO MANRESA, THEN TO BARCELONA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, S.S., POTASH, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, AIME,

  • Deposit

    1975.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP., WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES,

  • Deposit

    1979, P. 89-92.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, SPAIN, P&K NO. 123, JANUARY/FEBRUARY

  • Deposit

    1983, P.24.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,"POTASH- OPTIMISM PREVAILS DESPITE

  • Deposit

    MARKET GLOOM", MAY, 1982, P.45.

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERO DE ESPANA, MONOGRAFIAS DE

  • Deposit

    SUSTANICIAS MINERALES, SALES POTASICAS, 1977, 94 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y COMERCIO, BOLETIN DE ESTADISTICA

  • Deposit

    #437, 1982, P.8 AND 9.

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA Y ENERGIA, ESTADISTICA MINERIA DE

  • Deposit

    ESPANA, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE FOUR POTASH SEAMS IN THIS REGION. ONLY SEAMS A AND B, THE TWO DEEPEST ARE MINED BY MPSSA. SEAM A HAS A TOTAL THICKNESS OF ABOUT 4.5 M., AND IS COMPRISED OF TWO LAYERS OF SYLVINITE SEPARATED BY A THIN LAYER OF HALITE. SEAM B, 6 M. IN THICKNESS, HAS A THICK LAYER OF SYLVINITE BELOW A THIN LAYER OF SECONDARY CARNALLITE. ONLY THE SYLVINTE IS MINED. SEAM C, NOT MINED, HAS SEVERAL THIN LAYERS OF LAYERS OF CARNALLITE. SEAM D, ALSO NOT MINED, IS COMPOSED OF CARNALLITE AND IS ABOUT 15 M. THICK. THE MINES, SURIA AND CABANASAS,ARE LOCATED ON THE LIMBS OF ANTICLINES AND HAVE DIPS OF ABOUT 30 DEG. INITIAL DEVEL- OPMENT REQUIRED DRIVING HORIZONTAL ENTRIES FROM THE SHAFT, THROUGH HALITE, TO INTERSECT THE DIPPING ORE BEDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-95 Michael, Mark R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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