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Bauxite Spain

Occurrence in Spain with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068715
MRDS ID W001953
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Spain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -3.6477, 40.22603 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Comments on the location information

  • 3 BAUXITE DISTRICTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -3.6477, 40.22603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMED BY FERRALITIZATION OF CLAYEY OR MARLY SEDIMENTS. HOST ROCKS ARE BARREMIAN TO ALBIAN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer J. Almera

Mining district

District name Maestrazgo (Tortosa) Lerida, Barcelona (Igualada)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMBES, P. J., 1970, OBSERVATIONS ET INTERPRETATIONS NOUVELLES SUR LES BAUXITES DU NORD-EST DE L'ESPAGNE, IN CONFERENCE ON BAUXITE GEOLOGY: ANN. INST. GEOL. PUBL. HUNGAR., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 265-279.

  • Deposit

    COMBES, P.J., 1969, RECHERCHES SUR LA GENESE DES BAUXITES DANS LE NORDEST DE L'ESPAGNE, LE LANGUEDOC, ET L'ARIEGE (FRANCE): MEMOIRES DU CENTRE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET HYDROGEOLOGIQUES, TOME III-IV, P. 318-322.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT REGION LONGITUDE LATITUDE {MAESTRAZGO (TORTOSA) 000-30 E 40-50 N {LERIDA 000-35 E 41-35 N {BARCELONA (IGUALADA) 001-35 E 41-35 N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

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