Name 1
MUESTRAS DEL TERRENO ESTRATIGRÁFICO DE ALMADÉN
Name 2
STRATIGRAPHIC DISPLAY OF THE GROUND AT ALMADÉN
ID number
001.86.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.279
Type of Object
Mine
Description
Short description
"The Almadén deposit was formed about 370 million years ago, when the region was covered by the sea. The eruption of a volcano lifted a combination of mercury and sulfur from the interior of the earth, which led to the mineralisation of cinnabar.
About 300 million years ago, the ensemble of rocks folded and fractured until it occupied the vertical position that the site currently presents.
This showcase exhibits samples of: wall slate, basaltic sill, San Pedro cinnabar, intermediate slate, intermediate quartzite, San Francisco cinnabar, San Nicolás cinnabar, graphite slate, roof lava, frailesca (volcanic tuff)
"
About 300 million years ago, the ensemble of rocks folded and fractured until it occupied the vertical position that the site currently presents.
This showcase exhibits samples of: wall slate, basaltic sill, San Pedro cinnabar, intermediate slate, intermediate quartzite, San Francisco cinnabar, San Nicolás cinnabar, graphite slate, roof lava, frailesca (volcanic tuff)
"
Measures
"length: 2.50m
width: 0.30m
height: 0.42m"
width: 0.30m
height: 0.42m"
Materials
Rocks
Dating
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Present use
Museum
Original location
Storage of test samples (Cerco de Destilación)
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Águeda Moyano & Alicia Escudero
Date Submitted
26. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never