La Parrilla Mine (Adelaida open pit mine), Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Parrilla Mine (Adelaida open pit mine) | Mine (Inactive) |
| Almoharín | Municipality |
| Cáceres | Province |
| Extremadura | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 4' 32'' North , 6° 5' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Conquista del Guadiana | 131 (2018) | 4.1km |
| Santa Amalia | 4,361 (2012) | 9.5km |
| Torrefresneda | 387 (2018) | 9.9km |
| Almoharín | 2,040 (2012) | 11.8km |
| Arroyomolinos de Montánchez | 962 (2018) | 13.9km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina La Parrilla (Corta Adelaida), Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura, España
The biggest tungsten mine in Spain. Presently inactive.
The site of La Parrilla is an important scheelite-wolframite deposit formed by a dense stockwork of veins of quartz with a well-defined orientation which fits into an alternation of shales and graywackes of Precambrian age.
Its genesis is related to a granitic dome which exists in depth and has three distinct stages of mineralization.
The mineral paragenesis was divided in three stages: a first oxide stage that gave rise to the precipitation of cassiterite, scheelite and minor wolframite; a second sulphide stage that partially overlapped the oxide stage and is responsible for the precipitation of arsenopyrite as the first sulphide mineral followed by pyrite, minor pyrrhotite and bismuthine, later chalcopyrite, sphalerite and apatite; and a final supergene alteration that caused the replacement of scheelite to meimacite, arsenopyrite to scorodite and chalcopyrite to covelline.
The large La Parrilla W-Sn deposit (total reserves: 29.7 Mt @ 0.09 % WO3, 0.01 % Sn) is a quartz vein stockwork hosted by the metapelitic rocks of the SGC. The mineralization is related to a regional NNE-SSW trending shear structure that also controls the location of other nearby W, Sn, Pb, and Zn prospects. The main mineralization at La Parrilla consists of scheelite and cassiterite hosted by few mm to 60 cm thick irregular hydrothermal quartz veins that exhibit tourmaline-, muscovite-, and quartz-rich hydrothermal selvages or halos.
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22 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Bismuthinite | 2.DB.05 | Bi2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
| ⓘ | Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite | 4.DH.15 | ◻2(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)6(H2O) |
| ⓘ | 4.DH.15 | ◻2W2O6(H2O) | |
| ⓘ | Meymacite | 4.FJ.05 | WO3 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Tungstite | 4.FJ.10 | WO3 · H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Natrojarosite | 7.BC.10 | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Scorodite | 8.CD.10 | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Andalusite | 9.AF.10 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite | ◻2(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)6(H2O) |
| H | ⓘ Meymacite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | ⓘ Scorodite | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite | ◻2W2O6(H2O) |
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite | ◻2(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)6(H2O) |
| O | ⓘ Meymacite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Scorodite | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite | ◻2W2O6(H2O) |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite | ◻2(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)6(H2O) |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | ⓘ Scorodite | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | ⓘ Scorodite | Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite | ◻2(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)6(H2O) |
| W | ⓘ Meymacite | WO3 · 2H2O |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| W | ⓘ Hydrokenoelsmoreite | ◻2W2O6(H2O) |
| Bi | Bismuth | |
| Bi | ⓘ Native Bismuth | Bi |
| Bi | ⓘ Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 |
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References
Mangas, J.; Arribas, A. (1988) Hydrothermal fluid evolution of the Sn-W mineralization in the Parrilla ore deposit (Caceres, Spain). Journal of the Geological Society, 145 (1). 147-155 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.145.1.0147
La Parrilla Mine, Almoharín, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain