Latitude: 43°21'48"N
Longitude: 6°14'45"W
Mina de Carlés, Carlés, Salas, Asturies, España
Copper-gold deposit located in the Cantabrian zone of the Hercynian Iberian Massif.
The mineralization is associated with a late Hercynian granodioritic intrusion with numerous sill-like intrusions, developped along stratification planes and controlling fluid circulation.
The granodiorite intrudes Upper Silurian sandstones and Lower Devonian limestones and dolostones.
Several types of alteration are present :
- Exoskarn (metasomatic replacement of marbles) divided in different monomineralic zones replacing each other
- Endoskarn (metasomatic replacement of granodiorite)
- Veining stage : second hydrothermal episode affecting exoskarn
- Amphibole arsenopyrite replacement of marbles
- K-feldspar alteration of granodiorite
- Sericitic greisen and silicification developed in the granodiorite
Satellite mine of the El Valle Mine. Open-pit mining started in the fall of 2000. Underground mining developed since 2003.
References
- D. Arcos et al. (1996): Eur. J. Mineral., 8, 975-985.
- Calvo, M. (2009): Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. IV, Óxidos e Hidróxidos. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas de Madrid - Fundación Gómez Pardo. 752 pp
External Links
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http://www.rionarcea.com/s/ElValle_CarlesMines.asp [Link dead. Aug 2011]
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