Transaccion Mine

ES / Almería

•36.85762, -2.06488View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Transaccion Mine is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Welded Tuff. Reported specimens include Electrum, Gold, Silver; logged ore minerals are Electrum.

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ElectrumGoldSilver

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Welded Tuff
Associated rock: Cinto Tuff — Welded Tuff
Deposit model: 154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

Ore minerals

Electrum

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

RYTUBA AND OTHERS, 1988, GSA ABSTRACTS, V 20, NO. 7, P. A351. ARRIBAS AND OTHERS, 1988, GSA ABSTRACTS, V. 20, P. A351. CUNNINGHAM AND OTHERS, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS ABSTRACTS, 1989. CUNNINGHAM AND OTHERS, 1989, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 89-325. RYTUBA AND OTHERS, 1989, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 89-326. ARRIBAS AND OTHERS, 1989, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 89-327. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, MARCH 26, 1988.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10100552 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 36.85762, -2.06488

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