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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Granite
- Associated rock
- Granite
- Tectonic setting
- Paleozoic Orogenic Belt
Early Permian Granitic Intrusion Cut By Mineralized Quartz Veinlet Stockworks
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1914
- Production years
- 1940'S, 1965-INTERMITTENT
- First production
- 1915
Records and references
COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A. AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART I), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 14, FEB. 1982, P. 5-8.. . COTO MINERO MERLADET S.A. (ARRIBAS, A., AND MERLADET, A.), 1982, MINING HISTORIES - THE BARRUECOPARDO TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN SPAIN (PART II), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN 15, JUNE 1982, P. 5-8.. . TORRES, D.O.M., 1982, TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESSING OF ORES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 17P.. . ARRIBAS, A., 1979, LE GISEMENT DE TUNGSTENE DE BARRUECOPARDO, CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 450, 1979, P. 42-49.. . PEREZ, C.L., 1982, MINERAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF CONCENTRATES, PORTUGAL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, EUROPEAN TUNGSTEN SEMINAR, LISBON, MARCH 22-24, 1982, 32PINTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W083
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10055810 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 41.13256, -6.51479
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