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La Carolina

Producer in Spain with commodities Barium-Barite, Limestone, General
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255464
MAS/MILS ID 4690450006
Record type Site
Current site name La Carolina

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -3.59475, 30.28819 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -3.59475, 30.28819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 07W
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 8000M
    Width 2000M
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Strike And Dip N20W:07W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850705
  • Area 450HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 450
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS EPIGENTIC FILLING IN PREDOMINANTLY DOLOMITIC PALEOCALICHES NEAR BASE OF TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS DISCORDANTLY OVERLYING LOWER CARBONIFEROUS REDDISH SLATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1982
Milling method Gravity

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Unibario, Madrid, Spain
    Interest 100
    Home office Spain
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Ore Grade (In-Place) 20% Baso4 35700 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 35700mt 20wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Description Ore Grade (In-Place) 20% Baso4 110000 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Barium-Barite Barium 110000mt 20wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE LA CAROLINA, SPAIN FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, DEC. 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES.
  • M9C5=M1C2; MEASURED RESERVE = 90% PROB CAT; + INDICATED RESERVE = 75% PROB CAT; MEAS + IND. + INFERRED RESERVE = 50% PROB CAT. M9C4=M1C1.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 450HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Capacity 800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 138
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 450HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 42.2
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Capacity 800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR THIS DATA BASE IS FROM THE LA CAROLINA, SPAIN FOREIGN BARITE DEPOSIT REPORT BY BROWN & ROOT DEVELOPMENT, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS, DEC. 9, 1983, UNDER USBM CONTRACT NO. J0225017 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN ANTIMONY/BARITE PROPERTIES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • M9C5=M1C2; MEASURED RESERVE = 90% PROB CAT; + INDICATED RESERVE = 75% PROB CAT; MEAS + IND. + INFERRED RESERVE = 50% PROB CAT. M9C4=M1C1; LOADING AND HAULING OF ORE AND WASTE PERFORMED BY CONTRACTOR. DRILLING AND BLASTING PERFORMED BY COMPANY. MINE DILUTION = 0, MINE RECOVERY = 95% AVERAGE THICKNESS OF MINING HORIZON = 5 METERS
  • CONCENTRATE TRUCKED 350 KM TO SEVILLA, SPAIN GRINDING PLANT ($20.53/MT). FROM SEVILLA CONCENTRATE IS TRUCKED AND/OR SHIPPED IN EQUAL AMOUNTS TO ALGIERS, ALGERIA ($32.53/MT), SALE, MOROCCO ($29.53/MT), AND ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND ($38.53/MT). FOR TRANS RECORDS ASSUME ALL TRANS. IS BY SHIP.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-1985 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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