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Barruecopardo

Occurrence in Spain with commodities Tungsten, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055810
MRDS ID SP00008
Record type Site
Current site name Barruecopardo
Alternate or previous names Includes Coto Minero Merladet, Baldegallegos and Las Cabritas, Masucco and Saucele Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.51479, 41.13256 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSITS SOME 3 KM TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE VILLAGE OF BARRUECOPARDO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS 337 HECTARES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Molybdenite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Topaz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.51479, 41.13256
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Early Permian Granitic Intrusion Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veinlet Stockworks

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS MAINLY OF QUARTZ VEINLET STOCKWORK IN GREISENIZED GRANITE. SOME QUARTZ VEINS 0.5 TO 3M WIDE AND UP TO 1,400 M LONG ARE ALSO PRESENT. SCHEELITE IS THE PRINCIPAL TUNGSTEN MINERAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1915
Production years 1940'S, 1965-INTERMITTENT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coto Minero Merladet S. A.

Comments on the production information

  • MILL CAPACITY: 4,000 TONNES PER DAY OF ORE; RECOVERY APPROXIMATELY 40% OR 400 GRAMS/TONNE OF 78% W03 (250/300 T/YEAR W03). PRODUCES SCHEELITE GRADING 78%; W03 AND ARSENIC CONCENTRATES GRADING 95% AND 98% AS203. ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY ESTIMATED TO BE SOME 450 MT OF CONCENTRATE PER YEAR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 10000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 0.1% W03 GRADE FROM UNDERGROUND OPERATION. 1020 PPM W03 FROM TAILINGS DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A. AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART I), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 14, FEB. 1982, P. 5-8.. . COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A., AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART II), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 15, JUNE 1982, P. 5-8.. . TORRES, D.O.M., 1982, TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESSING OF ORES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 17P.. . ARRIBAS, A., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE TUNGSTENE DE BARRUECOPARDO, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 42-49.. . PEREZ, C.L., 1982, MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF CONCENTRATES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 32P

  • Production

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W083

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910-19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Sinclair W. David Geological Survey of Canada

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