Los Serranos Quarry, Hondón de los Frailes, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

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Cantera de los Serranos, Hondón de los Frailes, Albatera, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, España

The Serranos quarry is at the moment (2006) in activity. In this quarry a dolerite (alkaline subvolcanic rock) outcrop is exploited, which is used for highways. The dolerite forms sills in Triassic rocks (Keuper facies): marls, gypsum and carbonated rocks.

The quarry is in the township of Albatera, but can by accessed only from Hondón de Los Frailes country. For this reason, the locality name includes Hondón.

References

- AUGUT VERBUG, DANIEL, 2000, Hondón de los Frailes (Alicante). Lithos, 14:5-8
- ARANA, R.; GUILLÉN-MONDÉJAR, F.; HERNÁNDEZ, J.M. & DEL RAMO, A., 1995, Mineralizaciones de epidota en Albatera (Alicante). Bol. Soc. Esp. Mineral. 18 (2): 92-93.
- JAÉN, M.; FERNÁNDEZ TAPIA, M.T. & ARANA, R., 1985, Estudio mineralógico de epidotas asociadas a metabasitas del sureste de España. Bol. Soc. Esp. Mineral. 8: 125-135. 1 fig., 4 microfot., 5 tabl.
- JIMÉNEZ DE CISNEROS, D., 1910, Excursiones á las sierras de Crevillente, Albatera, Cid, Safra y Rambla Honda (Alicante). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. 10: 134-145
- A DEL VALLE & V. GONZÁLEZ, 2000, Sobre los granates de Albatera (Alicante). InfoCalcita. 27: 26-27
- CASANOVA HONRUBIA, JUAN MIGUEL & CANSECO CABALLÉ, MANUEL, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante

External Links

- http://www.strahlen.org/vp/es/hondon/ [Link Broken? Nov 2011]

Mineral List

22 entries listed. 19 valid minerals.

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