El Hondon Torreciega

Past Producer in Murcia, Spain with commodities Cadmium, Sulfur, 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 10255571
MAS/MILS ID 4690590002
Record type Site
Current site name El Hondon Torreciega
Alternate or previous names Hondon Torreciega, El Hondon Torreciega Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -0.98149, 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
Cadmium Tertiary
Sulfur Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -0.98149, 37.59924

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emprisa Nacional Del Aluminio Sa
    Interest 100
    Home office Spain
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 284.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMPLOYS 450, VEIN MINING, PLACER MINING, OPENED 1959, OPERATIONS INCLUDE MINE, CONCENTRATOR, SMELTER, REFINERY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-94 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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