Producer

Aznalcollar Mine

Spain
LeadZincSulfur-PyriteSilverCopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Copper
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeL
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Keratophyre,Chert,Rhyolite · Mang Chert
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10073118
MRDS IDW018951
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.53266, -6.28154
References
DE LA CUADRA, LUIS AND PRADO, JULIAN, 1976, IMPORTANT SPANISH MINING PROJECTS, 9TH WORLD MINING CONG. 1-10 P. 8MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.DE LA CUADRA, 1976DE LA CUADRA, 1976; MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983