Atalaya open pit (Rio Tinto Mines)
37.7033° N, 6.6028° W · ± 1 km
Chalcopyrite from Huelva, Spain, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Chalcopyrite at Atalaya open pit (Rio Tinto Mines)
- Formula
- CuFeS₂
- History
- The pit was developed in 1907 from earlier mining of the San Dionisio vein; chalcopyrite is listed among the minerals recorded from this massive sulphide deposit.
Sources: SRC-039
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Massive sulphide deposit in the Rio Tinto mining area at Minas de Riotinto.
- Type
- Massive sulfide
- Region
- Huelva
- Country
- Spain
Coordinates converted by hand from the degrees-minutes-seconds values on the Mindat locality page (SRC-039), which leaves the decimal field blank. Mindat says mining ran until 1992 and that reopening was scheduled for 2010; the present status was not checked.
Sources: SRC-039
Sources
- SRC-039 · Database
Atalaya open pit, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain (Mindat.org)Mindat.org / Hudson Institute of Mineralogy
Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.