Los Guindos Mine

Producer in Spain with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073121
MRDS ID W018956
Record type Site
Current site name Los Guindos Mine
Alternate or previous names El Guindo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -3.94818, 38.24927 (WGS84)

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 LA CAROLINA. THE EL CENTENILLO WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN 1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 TO 8% PB, 325 TO 500 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slates Or Shales, Quartzite
    Rock description Slates Or Shales, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -3.94818, 38.24927

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Carolina Dist.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1972, MAPA PREVISOR DE MINERALIZACIONES DE PLOMBO - ZINC; IN MAPA METALOGENITICO DE ESPANA E. 1: 1,500,000; FIG 2.1 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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