Mine detail: Reocin Mine

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Location: Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 43.33246, -4.06471
dep_id: 10107328
mrds_id: W018957
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: CONFORMABLE VEINLETS
ore_ctrl: Conformable In A Single Bed Which Is Slightly Folded Into A Gentle Syncline
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: BROTZEN, OTTO, 1963, THE REOCIM DEPOSITS SANTANDER, SPAIN AND THEIR BEARING ON THE MISSISSIPPI - ALPINE TYPE OF LEAD - ZINC DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL V. 58, NO. 2, P. 29
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P. 284. RAUSCH & MARIACHER, 1970, AIME SYMP PB-ZN, V. I, P. 952 - 953.
  • Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET 5-14-76.
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