August 31st, 2010 
Florian
Mineralized 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.
View over the exploitation
Entrance of the path
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.
Cleanings
Mineralization :
Magnetite, actinolite, pyrite, calcite, titanite (rare).
Mineralization in place
Magnetite
Magnetite, pyrite, actinolite
Titanite
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