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Minas De Orgiva Minor

Producer in Spain with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255190
MAS/MILS ID 4690350005
Record type Site
Current site name Minas De Orgiva Minor
Alternate or previous names Minas De Orgiva

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -3.25931, 36.86321 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Lead Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -3.25931, 36.86321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 270M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 850821

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE AREA IS THAT OF AN ANTICLINORIUM COMPOSED OF THREE LARGE PARALLEL ANTICLINES. THE OREBODY IS LOCATED IN AN EAST-WEST MOUNTAIN RANGE WITH VERY STEEP SIDES DUE TO AN OVERTURNED FOLD STRUCTURE. FLUORSPAR IS FOUND IN BEDDED REPLACEMENT WINGS OFF OF A VEIN-TYPE STRUCTURES PARALLELING THE STRIKE OF THE MOUN- TAIN. THE REPLACEMENT ZONES ARE AT LIMESTONE/DOLOMITE CONTACTS ADJACENT TO FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1978
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. M. M. Penarroya-Espana
    Interest 50
    Home office Spain
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minas De Almagrera
    Interest 50
    Home office Spain
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 30000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 30000mt 31wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 18000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 18000mt 31wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 66900 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 66900mt 31wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 81099 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 81099mt 31wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 85879 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 85879mt 31wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Caf2 Ore Grade 31 Wt%, Dump Mat'L 16 Wt% 130000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 130000mt 31wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINING IN THIS AREA DATES BACK TO ROMAN TIMES, WHEN THEY MINED THE ORE FOR LEAD.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE BY MINAS DE ALMAGRERA MINE MANAGEMENT.
  • ACID AND CERAMIC GRAD FLUORPSAR, LEAD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 91
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 433
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 17.09
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • ACID GRADE FLUORSPAR PRODUCT FROM THE MILL IS TRUCKED 35 KM TO THE PORT OF MOTRIL WHERE IT IS LOADED ONTO OCEAN- GOING VESSELS FOR SHIPMENT TO CONSUMERS IN THE U.S., HOLLAND, GERMANY, AND ITALY. THE LEAD CONCENTRATES ARE SOLD TO PENNAROYA, ITS PARTNER. CERAMIC GRADE FLUORSPAR IS SOLD DOMESTICALLY TO CERAMIC CUSTOMERS. ACID GRADE FLUORSPAR IS SOLD F.O.B. VESSEL, CERAMIC GRADE FLUORSPAR AND LEAD CONCENTRATES SOLD F.O.B. MILL.
  • MINAS DE ORGIVA (MINOR) MINES BOTH FLUORSPAR AND LEAD FROM ABANDONED MINES.
  • THE DAMES & MOORE REPORT ASSUMED THAT OPERATIONS WOULD REMAIN INACTIVE DURING 1984 DUE TO A STRIKE WHICH WAS IN PROGRESS WHEN THE REPORT WAS WRITTEN. OPERATIONS WERE ALSO ASSUMED TO BEGIN OPERATION ONCE AGAIN IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AN EXCERPT FROM A UNIVERSITY OF MADRID REPORT ON FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF SPAIN, INCLUDED IN DAMES & MOORE REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA CONTAINED IN THIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES & MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT #JO225010 IN 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1985 Kilgore, Catherine C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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