San Francisco mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| San Francisco mine | Mine |
| El Hembrar | - not defined - |
| Chóvar | Municipality |
| Castellón | Province |
| Valencian Community | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 51' 27'' North , 0° 17' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chóvar | 339 (2012) | 1.9km |
| Eslida | 856 (2012) | 2.9km |
| Alfondeguilla | 858 (2012) | 3.7km |
| Artana | 1,850 (2012) | 5.0km |
| Azuébar | 357 (2012) | 6.6km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina San Francisco, paraje de El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, España
Along with the Ampliación a San Francisco (San Francisco Extension) concession, this is one of the last mining concessions reported in the area of El Hembrar for the extraction of mercury. It was denounced in 1961 by the company Espadán Minero Industrial S.A. (EMINSA) of Barcelona and included the main old mining works in the area, especially those that were previously exploited by the Asturian company of Mieres El Porvenir.
Coordinates are for the Diana adit, see https://mapcarta.com/N3089454121 .
The Galería Filón de los Hornos adit is located at 39.85811, -0.29838, see https://mapcarta.com/N3441665419 .
Mapcarta lists 3 different sets of coordinates for the Galería adit:
39.8584, -0.29403, see https://mapcarta.com/N3441665423
39.85798, -0.29448, see https://mapcarta.com/N3441665422
39.85723, -0.2951, see https://mapcarta.com/N3441665421 .
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
10 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Asbolane Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS Colour: Red Description: Cinnabar appears as red coatings on primary minerals (mercurian tetrahedrite) or in pockets, both product of a supergene alterarion and remobilization processes. |
| ⓘ Corderoite Formula: Hg2+3S2Cl2 Description: Corderoite appears as coatings on powder-like cinnabar, only seen through SEM. |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Kenhsuite Formula: Hg2+3S2Cl2 |
| ⓘ Native Mercury Formula: Hg References: |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibiconite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) Habit: prismatic Colour: white to gray Description: Stibiconite is found as coatings of micro-crystals on heavyly altered mercurian tetrahedrite (supergen alteration) and is only seen through SEM-EDS. |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S Habit: Anhedral Colour: Reddish brown Description: Small masses of reddish-brown color, visually similar to hematite, covered by powder-like cinnabar. |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup var. Mercury-bearing Tetrahedrite' Formula: Cu6[Cu4(Zn,Fe,Hg)2]Sb4S13 Habit: Anhedral Colour: Reddish brown Description: Small masses of reddish-brown color, visually similar to hematite, covered by powder-like cinnabar. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| ⓘ | Native Mercury | 1.AD.05 | Hg |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Corderoite | 2.FC.15a | Hg2+3S2Cl2 |
| ⓘ | Kenhsuite | 2.FC.15b | Hg2+3S2Cl2 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | 'var. Mercury-bearing Tetrahedrite' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6[Cu4(Zn,Fe,Hg)2]Sb4S13 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| ⓘ | Asbolane | 4.FL.30 | (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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References
Viñals, Joan, Calvo, Miguel (2007) Corderoite, kenhsuite and perroudite, mercury sulphohalides from Chóvar (Xòvar) Castelló, Spain. Mineral Up, 1 (3) 46-49 doi:10.5281/zenodo.3939084
San Francisco mine, El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain