Pegmatites Location : Localized in Pradena del Rincon, in the East part of the Sierra de Madrid. You can find these pegmatites along the road M-137, past the bridge on the Cochinillas river, and along the road M-127 (km 32). All at the South-West of the village. Geological context : The pegmatites intrude the metamorphic [...]
Pradena del Rincon, Madrid
August 31st, 2010 
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August 31st, 2010 FlorianFluor and lead vein Location : In Colmenar del Arroyo, In the West of the madrid Community. In the North of the town, past the Enebro. As the cleanings are on a private property, you’ve to ask in the village for the landlord of the parcel (city hall or library). Geological context : The deposit [...]
Posted in Deposits: Spain Tags: colmenar, filon, fluorine, fluorite, galène, gisement, minéralogie No Comments »Monchi mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz
August 31st, 2010 FlorianMineralized skarn Location : In Burguillos del Cerro, Extremadura. In the Jerez de los Caballeros direction, a few hundreds meters from the village. Geological context : Mineralized skarn, at the contact between Cambrian limestones and the batholite of Burguillos del Cerro. Works : Deposit exploited for the iron until the 70s. One principal 150 m [...]
Posted in Deposits: Spain Tags: burguillos, gisement, grenats, lollingite, magnétite, mélanite, minéralogie, pyrite, vonsénite No Comments »Coto San Guillermo, Badajoz
August 31st, 2010 FlorianMineralized skarn Location : About 10 km from the town of Jerez de los Caballeros, Extremadura, the Coto Minero San Guillermo includes 4 exploitations, on the same deposit. Geological context : The desposit is a mineralized skarn (see the Monchi Mine page) Works : Exploited for the iron (in the magnetite). Several open pit mines. [...]
Posted in Deposits: Spain Tags: actinolite, gisement, magnétite, minéralogie, pyrite, titanite No Comments »Santa Marta de los Barros mine, Badajoz
August 31st, 2010 FlorianVanadium, lead, silver location : Two kilometers in the North of Santa Marta de los Barros, Extremadura. Geological context : It’s an hydrothermal deposit, rich in vanadium, lead and silver. Works : Exploited from the XIXth century until 1927, for the vanadium and the silvery galena. The “pueblo minero”, including about 30 houses, is relatively [...]
Posted in Deposits: Spain Tags: galène, gisement, minéralogie, sidérite, sphalérite, vanadinite No Comments »El Consuelo mine, Chinchon, Madrid
August 23rd, 2010 FlorianSulfates Location : From San Martin de la Vega, take the road in the North. Past the Jarama river, turn right and take the sand road. You go in the opposite direction now. Past the very houses of Vega del Pingarrón, continue during 1,5 km. The old galleries are on the right (the last 200 [...]
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