Name 1
MINERALES DE MENA
Name 2
MINERALS OF THE ORE
ID number
001.88.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
001.001.003.277
Type of Object
Mine
Description
Short description
"The ore is the part of the mining lode that is of interest
for exploitation, since it is made of the mineral
from which the metal is extracted. In the case of mercury, its ore is almost
exclusively cinnabar, a reddish mineral that is a
combination of sulfur and mercury and, if pure,
contains up to 85% of metal.
In this case, the showcase displays: cinnabar and pyrite (El Entredicho mine), bulk cinnabar (La Concepción Nueva mine), probe drilling samples (pyrite and cinnabar, Almadén mine), cinnabar and baryte (Usagre mine, Badajoz), cinnabar and stibnite mine (Khirijistan mine), cinnabar and calcite (La Tana mine, León) and cinnabar in silica-carbonate rock (New Almaden, USA)."
for exploitation, since it is made of the mineral
from which the metal is extracted. In the case of mercury, its ore is almost
exclusively cinnabar, a reddish mineral that is a
combination of sulfur and mercury and, if pure,
contains up to 85% of metal.
In this case, the showcase displays: cinnabar and pyrite (El Entredicho mine), bulk cinnabar (La Concepción Nueva mine), probe drilling samples (pyrite and cinnabar, Almadén mine), cinnabar and baryte (Usagre mine, Badajoz), cinnabar and stibnite mine (Khirijistan mine), cinnabar and calcite (La Tana mine, León) and cinnabar in silica-carbonate rock (New Almaden, USA)."
Measures
"length: 1.72m
width: 0.22m
height: 0.42m"
width: 0.22m
height: 0.42m"
Materials
Rocks
Dating
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Mineral exploration
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