Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Lead
SecondarySilver, Gold, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1925
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10230842
Alternate namesDeposit Names:, Moinho; Current Mining 1955:, Feitais; Current Mining 1970:, Gaviao; Future Mining:, Azor; Future Mining:, Aljustrel, Algares; Exhausted:, Estacao; Future Mining:, Sao Joao; Shut Down:
RegionEU
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.85935, -8.15821
References
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, "PORTUGUESE PYRITES", SEPTEMBER, 1980,PP. 47-49.MINING JOURNAL, "MINING ANNUAL REVIEW", "WESTERN EUROPE",1981.MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER, 1981, PAGE 345.INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS, AUGUST, 1981.WORLD BANK, "WORLD TABLES", SECOND EDITION, 1980.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "WORLD SURVEY OF SULPHURRESOURCES", SECOND EDITION, 1974, PP??.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "SULPHUR NO. 143", "EXPANSIONPLANS AT ALJUSTREL", MAY/JUNE, 1980, PP???."PYRITES BASED INDUSTRY IN PROTUGAL: DEVELOPMENT OF ANINTERGRATED PROJECT". PAPER PRESENTED AT, CANADA/ECSEMINAR TREATMENT OF COMPLEX MINERALS, OTTAWA, CANADA,OCTOBER 12-14, 1982.E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, 1985, PP. 81-85.