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Rio Tinto Mines - San Antonio, Planes, Cerro Colorado, Salomon, Pozo Alfredo, Corta Atalaya, San Dionisio, Filon Norte, Filon Sur, Dehesa, Lago, Mass Valle
Huelva, Spain
Main commodities: Cu S Ag Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2010.     Record last updated: 05/02/2022
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Rio Tinto - Cerro Colorado

    Selected References
Barrie C T, Amelin Y, Pascual E  2002 - U-Pb geochronology of VMS mineralization in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: in    Mineralium Deposita   v37 pp 684-703
Chauvet, A., Onezime, J., Charvet, J., Barbanson, L. and Faure, M.,  2004 - Syn- to Late-Tectonic Stockwork Emplacement within the Spanish Section of the Iberian Pyrite Belt: Structural, Textural, and Mineralogical Constraints in the Tharsis and La Zarza Areas: in    Econ. Geol.   v.99, pp. 1781-1792.
de Mello, C.B., Tornos, F., Conde, C., Tassinari, C.C.G., Farci, A. and Vega, R.,  2022 - Geology, Geochemistry, and Geochronology of the Giant Rio Tinto VMS Deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Spain: in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 1149-1171.
Leistel J M, Marcoux E, Thieblemont D, Quesada C, Sanchez A, Almodovar G R, Pascual E, Saez R,  1997 - The volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Review and preface to the Thematic Issue: in    Mineralium Deposita   v33 pp 2-30
Leistel J M, Marcoux E, Deschamps Y,  1997 - Chert in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: in    Mineralium Deposita   v33 pp 59-81
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.
Mathur R, Ruiz J, Tornos F  1999 - Age and sources of the ore at Tharsis and Rio Tinto, Iberian Pyrite Belt, from Re-Os isotopes: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 790-793
Nehlig P, Cassard D, Marcoux E  1997 - Geometry and genesis of feeder zones of massive sulphide deposits: constraints from the Rio Tinto ore deposit (Spain): in    Mineralium Deposita   v33 pp 137-149
Pasava J, Vymazalova A and Tornos F,   2007 - PGE distribution in massive sulfide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt : in    Mineralium Deposita   v42 pp 309-314
Saez R, Almodovar G R and Pascual E,  1996 - Geological constraints on massive sulphide genesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v11 pp 429-451
Sanchez-Espana J, Velasco F, Boyce A J, Fallick A E  2003 - Source and evolution of ore-forming hydrothermal fluids in the northern Iberian Pyrite Belt massive sulphide deposits (SW Spain): evidence from fluid inclusions and stable isotopes: in    Mineralium Deposita   v38 pp 519-537
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
Tornos F,  2006 - Environment of formation and styles of volcanogenic massive sulfides: The Iberian Pyrite Belt: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v28 pp 259-307
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
Willies, L.,  1997 - Roman mining at Rio Tinto Huelva, Spain: in    The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society,   v.13, 29p.


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