La Parrilla

ES / Cáceres

•39.16594, -5.89817View on Map Open in Google Maps

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La Parrilla is a known mineral occurrence, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Slate, within the Paleozoic Orogenic Belt setting. Reported specimens include Cassiterite, Muscovite, Quartz, Scheelite, Tremolite, Wolframite; logged ore minerals are Cassiterite, Scheelite, Wolframite; gangue is recorded as Muscovite, Quartz, Tremolite. Production began in 1951.

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Found Here

CassiteriteMuscoviteQuartzScheeliteTremoliteWolframite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Slate
Tectonic setting: Paleozoic Orogenic Belt

Ore minerals

CassiteriteScheeliteWolframite

Gangue minerals

MuscoviteQuartzTremolite

Structure

Precambrian Metasedimentary Rocks Thought To Be Intruded By Early Permian (?) Granite At Depth

Mining history

Status: Occurrence
First production: 1951

Records and references

Cited references

MINERA BONILLA S.A., 1985, GRUPO MINERO MARICARMEN LA PARRILLA, MIAJADAS, CACERES, MINERA BONILLA, S.A., N.P.. . ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51PINTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W084

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10055808 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 39.16594, -5.89817

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