Penarroya

Producer in Murcia, Spain with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133953
MAS/MILS ID 4690590001
Record type Site
Current site name Penarroya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -0.75819, 37.59924 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Murcia(province)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Spain Murcia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -0.75819, 37.59924

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 Penarroya Sa, Societe Miniere Et Metallurgique De
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77 P156

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY 1967, PENARROYA STRIPS SPANISH MOUNTAIN T

  • Deposit

    NEW PB-ZN-AG OPEN PIT MINE P 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PITS-EMILIA, GLORIA PIT AND SAN VALENTIN, 2 UNDERGROUND MI T PENARROYA-2 MANTOS IN TRIASSIC LS ARE BEING MINED, FRAGMEN IS A PROBLEM. ALL ORE IS HAULED TO PRIMARY CRUSHING PLANT O SIDE OF PIT, 36"X48" TRAYLOR JAW CRUSHER IS LOCATED ABOVE C HAFT AND -5" UNDERSIZE DROPS INTO 120M ORE PASS TO THE JOSE HAULAGE ADIT, THIS 2,900 M LONG ADIT PORTALLED 57M A5L EXTE THE COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AT PORTMAN WHERE THE ROBERTO ON MILL WAS BUILT, FLOTATION 7,000 TPD, ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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