Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Molybdenite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Topaz, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
StructureEarly Permian Granitic Intrusion Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veinlet Stockworks
Tectonic settingPaleozoic Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production years1940'S, 1965-INTERMITTENT
First production1915
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10055810
MRDS IDSP00008
Alternate namesIncludes Coto Minero Merladet, Baldegallegos and Las Cabritas, Masucco and Saucele Deposits
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.13256, -6.51479
References
COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A. AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART I), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 14, FEB. 1982, P. 5-8.. . COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A., AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART II), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 15, JUNE 1982, P. 5-8.. . TORRES, D.O.M., 1982, TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESSING OF ORES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 17P.. . ARRIBAS, A., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE TUNGSTENE DE BARRUECOPARDO, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 42-49.. . PEREZ, C.L., 1982, MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF CONCENTRATES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 32PINTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W083