Pinoso

ES / Alicante

•38.39922, -1.03150View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Pinoso is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Evaporite. Reported specimens include Gypsum, Halite; logged ore minerals are Halite; gangue is recorded as Gypsum. Production began in 1974.

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Found Here

GypsumHalite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Evaporite

Ore minerals

Halite

Gangue minerals

Gypsum

Structure

Keuper Salt Dome

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
First production: 1974

Records and references

Cited references

VAZQUEZ, GUZMAN, F., 1989, SPAIN, IN DUNNING, F.W., GARRARD, P., HASLAM, H.W., AND IXER, R.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 4/5: SOUTHWEST AND EASTERN EUROPE, WITH ICELAND: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 105-196VAZQUEZ GUZMAN, 1989.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10023455 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 38.39922, -1.03150

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