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Aguablanca Mine (Agua Blanca Mine), Monesterio, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
The Aguablanca nickel mine is Rio Narcea's first nickel sulphide mine in Western Europe, producing nickel-copper-PGM concentrate.
The deposit is hosted by a subvertical magmatic breccia.
Mineral List
47 entries listed. 38 valid minerals.
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References
- Ortega, L., Lunar, R., Garcia-Palomero, F., Moreno, T., Martín-Estévez, J.R., Prichard, H.M., and Fisher, P.C. (2004): The Aguablanca Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, southwestern Iberia: magmatic ore-forming processes and retrograde evolution. Canadian Mineralogist 42, 325-350.
- Tornos, F., Galindo, C., Casquet, C., Pevida, L.R., Martínez, C., Martínez, E., Velasco, F., and Iriondo, A. (2006): The Aguablanca Ni–(Cu) sulfide deposit, SW Spain: geologic and geochemical controls and the relationship with a midcrustal layered mafic complex. Mineralium Deposita 41, 737-769.
- Ordóñez-Casado, B., Martin-Izard, A., and García-Nieto, J. (2008): SHRIMP-zircon U–Pb dating of the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralized Aguablanca gabbro and Santa Olalla granodiorite: Confirmation of an Early Carboniferous metallogenic epoch in the Variscan Massif of the Iberian Peninsula. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 343-353.
- Suárez, S. et al. (2010): Mineralium Deposita 45, 331-350.
- Tornos, F., Galindo, C., Casquet, C., Pevida, L.R., Martínez, C., Martínez, E., Velasco, F., and Iriondo, A. (2006): The Aguablanca Ni–(Cu) sulfide deposit, SW Spain: geologic and geochemical controls and the relationship with a midcrustal layered mafic complex. Mineralium Deposita 41, 737-769.
- Ordóñez-Casado, B., Martin-Izard, A., and García-Nieto, J. (2008): SHRIMP-zircon U–Pb dating of the Ni–Cu–PGE mineralized Aguablanca gabbro and Santa Olalla granodiorite: Confirmation of an Early Carboniferous metallogenic epoch in the Variscan Massif of the Iberian Peninsula. Ore Geology Reviews 34, 343-353.
- Suárez, S. et al. (2010): Mineralium Deposita 45, 331-350.
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Locality Updated: Larson Exploration Prospect, Menominee Range, Florence Co., Wisconsin, USAFrom Bill Cordua, 19th Jun 2013 03:45:17