Name 1
MÁQUINA DE SONDEOS
Name 2
PROBE DRILLING MACHINE
ID number
001.143.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Javier Carrasco Milara, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n. Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.232
Type of Object
Mine, Knowledge, social care
Description
Short description
Next to the San Teodoro shaft, there is a hole dug in order to house a continuous probe drilling machine. This type of probe, commercially known as Diamec, was used in Almadén in the last third of the 20th century. By drilling in rotation with a diamond drill bit, they obtained a continuous rock core, which allowed the geologists in charge of the research and control of the ore grade to know its richness in advance
Measures
Materials
Iron and steel
Dating
20th century
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Mineral exploration
Present use
Museum (tour of the mine interior, 1st floor)
Original location
Mine
Present location
Inside the mine (mine tour, 1st floor)
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
Alicia Escudero & Águeda Moyano
Date Submitted
28. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never