| Deposit ID | 10134173 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 4690530001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rubiales Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
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| Geographic coordinates: | -7.03137, 42.7325 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Spain(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
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| Spain |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -7.03137, 42.7325 |
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| Area | 27850HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1966 |
| Mining method | Caving Methods - Other Caving Methods |
| Year of first production | 1977 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Lugo |
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| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Exploracion Minera Internacional Espana S. A. (Exminesa) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Spain |
| Year | 1989 |
| Year | 1982 |
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| Description | 730000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Estimated Zinc Production 39000 Mt Zinc Conc. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 1200000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1200000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1200000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4690530001 |
E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991
NEW LEAD-ZINC PRODUCER FOR SPAIN, MINING MAGAZINE, OCT 1974
PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT REPORT, 1987
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | UNDERGROUND - ORE MINED-ZN ORE 2,000TPD, MINE DEVELOPED BY VERTICAL SHAFT, MINED BY MECHANIZED CUT AND FILL, PRIMARY CRUSHING WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNDERGROUND AND THE CRUSHED ORE WILL BE BROUGHT UP BY VERTICAL SHAFT INCORPORATING A TOWER MOUNTED FRICTION HOIST PRO--MILL THROUGHPUT WILL BE ABOUT 730,000 TON/YR GIVING THE MINE AN EST. LIFE OF 15 YEARS. THE PROPOSED SURFACE PLANT WILL INCLUDE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY CRUSHING, FOLLOWED BY WET GRINDING, FLOTATION, THICKENING,FILTERING AND DRYING, EXPECTED CONC GRADES: ZN CONC-59%, PB CONC70% TRA--ZINC CONC WILL BE SOLD TO ASTURIANA DE ZINC FOR TREATMENT AT SAN JUAN DE NIEVA AND PB CONC TO SOC. MINERA Y METALURGICA DE PENARROYA FOR TREATMENT AT CARTAGENA,SPAIN OWNER--EXMINESA IS PRINCIPALLY OWNED BY COMINCO(47.5%), UNION CORP(27%), DUGWILL LTD, ASTURNIANA DE ZINC AND BANCO URQUIJO INVES--TOTAL PROJECT COST=$US 52 MILLION RESER--THE ORE ZONES ARE OPEN AT DEPTH AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT TOTAL RESERVES WILL BE WELL IN EXCESS OF THE QUOTED FIGURE. E-SUR--THE MINE SURFACE AREA TOTAL 68,816 ACRES. EXMINESA SAID THAT MINEABLE RESERVES WERE DUE TO RUN OUT BY THE END OF JAN. (2-92) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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| Reporter | 10-MAR-97 | Difrancesco, Carl A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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