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Huelva, Spain |
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Cu Zn Pb Ag S
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Super Porphyry Cu and Au
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The Sotiel pyrite mine is located within Huelva Province and belongs to the Pyrite Belt of southern Spain. In 1990 it had reserves of 59 Mt grading 0.61% Cu, 1.60% Pb, 3.8% Zn, 39 g/t Ag. The highest grade is the Central body which is 11m thick and contains grades of 15.6% Pb+Zn. Another 5 m thick band carries 5.56% Cu. In addition there was a resource of cupriferous pyrite amounting to 13 mt @ 0.36% Cu, 0.46% Pb, 0.96% Zn, and 2.8 Mt of slate with 0.49% Cu.
The ore occurs in a series of lenticular bodies dipping at 45 degrees and extending over a strike length of 950 m, up to 50 m thick and extending to a depth of 650 m.
Mining is mainly by open pit, although an underground reserve of 14.5 Mt @ 0.59% Cu, 1.78% Pb, 4.23% Zn was also being exploited. A second open pit was planned to extract an additional 10.9 Mt of pyrite, 31 Mt of complex pyritic ore and 2.8 Mt of leachable slate rich in copper. This would involve stripping 377 Mt of overburden in a 1300x750 m pit to a depth of near 400 m.
The deposit lies within the Lower Carboniferous Volcanic-Sedimentary Complex composed of marine volcanic rocks with intercalated slates, quartzites, sandstones and limestones. These units are overlain by the Carboniferous Culm formation of slates and greywackes. The basement is and apparently conformably underlying succession of Upper Devonian slates, quartzites, sandstone, limestone and conglomerate.
The most recent source geological information used to prepare this decription was dated: 1989.
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Luz, F., Mateus, A., Ferreira, E., Tassinari, C.G. and Figueiras, J., 2022 - Pb-Nd-Sr Isotope Geochemistry of Metapelites from the Iberian Pyrite Belt and Its Relevance to Provenance Analysis and Mineral Exploration Surveys: in Aguas Tenidas (Cu-Zn-Pb), Sotiel-Coronada (Cu-Zn-Pb), and La Magdalena Econ. Geol. v.117, pp. 423-454.
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Soriano C, Marti J 1999 - Facies analysis of volcano-sedimentary successions hosting massive sulfide deposits in the Iberian Pyrite belt, Spain: in Econ. Geol. v94 pp 867-882
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Tornos F, 2006 - Environment of formation and styles of volcanogenic massive sulfides: The Iberian Pyrite Belt: in Ore Geology Reviews v28 pp 259-307
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Vazquez Guzman F 1989 - Spain (Extracts): in Dunning F W, Garrard P, Haslam H W, Ixer R A (Eds.), Mineral Deposits of Europe IMM, London v 4/5: Southwest and Eastern Europe, with Iceland pp 105-127, 194-196
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