Altos Hornos De Vizcaya

Producer in Spain with commodities Iron, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279927
MAS/MILS ID 4690630001
Record type Site
Current site name Altos Hornos De Vizcaya
Alternate or previous names Bodovallo-Gallarta, Penouta Tin Mines, Laza Tin Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.74803, 43.33241 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR VIZCAYA PROVINCE. THE ALTOS HORNOS DE VIZCAYA STEEL COMPANY HAS PLANTS IN VIZCAYA PROVINCE, (BARACALDO, SESTAO AND ECHEVARRI) AND IN VALENCIA PROVINCE (SAGUNTO). AS OF 1976 AHV WAS DEVELOPING THE PENOUTA AND LAZA TIN MINES. AHV SUBSIDIARY "AGRUMINSA" STARTED WORRING THE BODOVALLO-GALLARTA IRON ORE MINES PRIOR TO 1978.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.74803, 43.33241

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Altos Hornos De Vizcaya
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING, V. 29, NO. 10

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER, 1976, P. 94.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING YEARBOOK, CATALOG, SURVEY & DIRECTORY NUMBER

  • Deposit

    1976, WORLD-WIDE MINING DEVELOPMENTS, V. 29, NO. 7,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 25, 1976, P. 169, 170.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, SPAIN HAS IMPORTANT METAL AND COAL MINES TO

  • Deposit

    SHOW MINING CONGRESS, V. 6, NO. 5, MAY 1970, P. 30-34.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD,

  • Deposit

    V. 125, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1971, P. 259 & 276.

  • Deposit

    1976, WORLD-WIDE MINING DEVELOPMENTS, V. 31, NO. 7,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 25, 1978, P. 236 & 238.

  • Deposit

    ALZUGARAY, JUAN J., UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Deposit

    ORGANIZATION, THIRD INTERREGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE IRON

  • Deposit

    AND STEEL INDUSTRY, BRASILIA, BRAZIL, 14-21 OCTOBER 1973

  • Deposit

    AGENDA ITEM 10, SURVEY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPANISH

  • Deposit

    STEEL INDUSTRY, ID/WG. 146/36, APRIL 9, 1973, P. 1-28.

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 347.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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