Commodities
PrimaryLead, Sulfur, Zinc, Copper
TertiaryIron, Silver, Arsenic, Gold
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1900
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10303881
Alternate namesLousal
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.04934, -8.44821
References
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1980 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORYOF MINING, 1980, P339.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, "PORTUGUESE PYRITES", SEPT. 1980, P47.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "SULPHUR #148", MAY/JUNE, 1980,"EXPANSION PLANS AT ALJUSTREL"MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1981, PAGE 345.BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "WORLD SURVEY OF SULPHURRESOURCES", SECOND EDITION, 1974.RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, 1985.