The Iberian Pyrite Belt is a world-class metallogenic district developed at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in the Iberian Variscides that currently has seven active mines: Neves Corvo (Cu-Zn-Sn) and Aljustrel (Cu-Zn) in Portugal, and Riotinto (Cu), Las Cruces (Cu), Aguas Teñidas (Cu-Zn-Pb), Sotiel-Coronada (Cu-Zn-Pb), and La Magdalena (Cu-Zn-Pb) in Spain. The Iberian Pyrite Belt massive sulfide ores are us...
ABSTRACT: This work intends to briefly report the history and application of geochemical exploration techniques in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). The use of geochemistry in IPB for exploration purposes started in 1950s. Together with geophysics, the soil geochemical exploration surveys performed over several decades were responsible for important discoveries such as Carrasco and Feitais ore-bodies. However, the...
ABSTRACT: This work intends to briefly report the history and application of geochemical exploration techniques in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). The use of geochemistry in IPB for exploration purposes started in 1950s. Together with geophysics, the soil geochemical exploration surveys performed over several decades were responsible for important discoveries such as Carrasco and Feitais ore-bodies. However, the...
ABSTRACT: This work intends to briefly report the history and application of geochemical exploration techniques in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). The use of geochemistry in IPB for exploration purposes started in 1950’s. Together with geophysics, the soil geochemical exploration surveys performed over several decades were responsible for important discoveries such as Carrasco and Feitais ore-bodies. However, th...
Panasqueira is a world-class W-Sn-Cu lode-type deposit located in Portugal. It consists of a dense swarm of subhorizontal quartz lodes criss-crossed by several ENE–WSW and N–S fault zones, bordering Late Variscan granite and hosted in Late Ediacaran—Early Cambrian metasediments. The relative abundance and compositional variation (assessed with EPMA) of the main silicates, oxides and phosphates forming the quart...
A Mina da Caveira (NW da FPI) foi intermitentemente explorada desde a época Romana até aos anos 60 do séc. XX. Os resíduos mineiros aí existentes documentam esta longa actividade e incluem materiais diversos com conteúdos elevados em vários metais. O essencial destas acumulações concentra.se numa escombreira de gandes dimensões, que é uma fonte potencial de metais para as águas de escorrência. A caracterização ...