Cala Mines

Producer in Spain with commodities Copper, Iron
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 10182694
MAS/MILS ID 4690410008
Record type Site
Current site name Cala Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -6.18821, 37.57932 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -6.18821, 37.57932

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 Minera Del Andevale
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77, P 155.

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCE BOOK 12/24/73, ITEM NO (A5410).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 150 EMPLOYEES, CU ORE, FE ORE-5,000 TPD, PRODUCTION: CU-35 TPD, FE-2,000TPD, UNDERGROUND MINE DEVELOPED BY ADIT, SUB- LEVEL CAVING, OPEN PIT: 12,000 TPD WASTE STRIPPED, 5,000 TPD MINED, OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT-BLAST HOLE DRILLS, FRONT END LOADERS, ROAD GRADERS, BULLDOZERS, TRUCKS PRO--FLOTATION=2,000TPD, MAGNETIC EXTRACTION=5,000TPD YIELD-THE EXPECTED YIELD IS 18,000 TONS OF CU IN 20% CU CONCENTRATE

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.