(Turó de Montcada)
Limestone quarry on top of Montcada hill, 10 km north of Barcelona city. Geology consists of Silurian-Devonian slates, schists, marls and limestones, with several phosphate-rich beds and disseminations. Phosphate minerals are found in thin layers, nodules and veins mainly in Silurian slates.
The quarry is worked since 1917 and produces limestone rock for a cement factory belonging to the company ‘Compañía General de Asfaltos y Portland’ (ASLAND).
Refs.:
Mineralogistes de Catalunya (1997), VII (1): 34-55
Mineral Up (2006), I, (2)
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Map Reference: 41°28'50"N , 2°10'50"E
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