Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Pyrite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
StructureQuartz Veins Cut Small Granite Cupola Of Late Paleozoic Age
Tectonic settingPaleozoic Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1943
Last production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10055831
MRDS IDSP00030
Alternate namesCoparex
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates43.03255, -8.81475
References
SPAIN, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIA, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS, 1971, PROGRAMA NACIONAL DE EXPLOTACION MINERA-MINERIA DE MINERALES, METALICOS VARIOS, VOL. 21, 300P.. . GOUANVIC, Y. ET GAGNY, C., 1983, ETUDE D'UNE APLOPEGMATITE LITEE A CASSITERITE ET WOLFRAMITE, MAGMA DIFFERENCIE DE L'ENDOGRANITE DE LA MINE DE SANTA COMBA (GALICE, ESPAGNE), BULLETIN SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE (7), XXV, NO. 3, P. 335-348.. . UNITED STATES, BUREAU OF MINES, ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS BRANCH, 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SPAIN, FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 1, P. 22.. . KRAUSS, R.J., 1985, COPAREX PLANS HALT IN APRIL TO MINING OF TUNGSTEN IN SPAIN, AMERICAN METAL MARKET, VOL. 93, NO. 36, 22 FEB. 1985, P. 7.. . ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51PINTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS RECORD W085INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W085