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Almeria Area Fluorspar - Lead Mines

Producer in Spain with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Mercury, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069451
MRDS ID W006987
Record type Site
Current site name Almeria Area Fluorspar - Lead Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -2.44821, 36.83262 (WGS84)
Relative position IN SE. SPAIN BETWEEN GRANADA AND ALMERIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR ALMERIA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE, CINNABAR AND COPPER OXIDE OCCUR WITH THE FLUORSPAR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IN PLACE GRADES CAF2 - 10 TO 40%, PB - 1 TO 5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dolomites
    Rock description Dolomites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -2.44821, 36.83262
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Betic Cordillera, Sierra Nevada Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alpujarride Nappes (Smaller Mountain Chains Which Contain The Deposits And Are Located Around The Sierra Nevada Range)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Replacement Horizons (Dolomite)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Almeria Area

Comments on the workings information

  • BED THICKNESS - 1 TO 2 M. AVERAGE, 4 TO 5 M. MAXIMUM. LENGTH - 0.5 TO 1 KM.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINING OF THE HIGHLY IRREGULAR BEDS IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE. MOST FLUORSPAR IS MINED FROM OLD WASTE DUMPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 7 -

  • Production

    GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS... P. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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