Yeast Diversity in the Extreme Acidic Environments of the Iberian …

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, is rich in complex polymetallic sulfides and is one of the most important pyrite regions in the world. At several sites of the IPB, acid rock drainage (ARD) occurs. This process consists of the oxidation of sulfide minerals in a weathering environment, which …

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Base Metal Deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt represents one of Europe's most prominent metallogenic provinces, as well as one of its oldest mining districts. It occupies the SW part of the Iberian …

Time-space evolution of Iberian Pyrite Belt igneous activity: …

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is a late Devonian – Early Carboniferous world-class polymetallic VMS province that includes significant Cu-(Sn)-Pb-Zn-(Ag) deposits of massive sulphides and feeder zones. The Aljustrel brownfield region contains one of the highest concentrations of ore in the IPB in 6 known deposits (Gavião, São João, Moinho ...

The paradigm of Circular Mining in the world: the Iberian …

The present work discusses the paradigm of Circular Mining, focused on the Iberian Pyrite Belt, one of the most paradigmatic metallogenetic regions in the …

Geology and VMS Deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) corresponds to an area of Devonian-Carboniferous volcanic and sedimentary rocks containing massive polymetallic sulfide deposits. This area forms an arcuate belt, about 250 km long and up to 60 km wide, trending westwards from near Seville in Spain to west-northwest in South Portugal. Both …

(PDF) Evaluation of the mining potential of the São …

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is one of the most important volcanogenic massive sulphide districts in the world and has been mined during more than 5000 years. Its early and rich mining history is ...

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Pyrite mining has been conducted on the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Southwest Spain and Portugal) for over 5,000 years . Massive sulfide deposits are widespread throughout the region, and are hosted by a Volcano-Sedimentary Complex, which is composed of a thick stratigraphical series of volcanic detrital origin [ 12 ].

Introduction and Geological Setting of the Iberian Pyrite Belt …

[PDF] The Iberian Pyrite Belt | Semantic Scholar

Geochemical aspects at the Tintillo-Corta Atalaya acid mine drainage site, Iberian Pyrite Belt, southwest Spain. E. Mathewson. Environmental Science, Geology. 2017. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a major environmental problem in many active and former mining regions worldwide. Prediction of the nature of effluents released from …

Formation of the Tharsis Massive Sulfide Deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt

The giant Tharsis massive sulfide deposit is one of the largest shale-hosted orebodies in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. It consists of several ore lenses located in the lowermost VSC and overlying a thick siliciclastic sequence Phyllite-Quartzite Group. The ore lenses are up to 1,500 m long, 130 m thick, and tectonically stacked within shale with ...

Environment of formation and styles of volcanogenic

The Iberian Pyrite Belt is one of the three areas of the South Portuguese Zone, the southernmost terrane of the Variscan Belt of Iberia (Fig. 1).It is characterized by the presence of a relatively simple geological record (Schermerhorn, 1971; Fig. 2), with a sequence that includes about 1000 to 5000 m of Late Paleozoic rocks.The oldest rocks …

Ore deposit types and tectonic evolution of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is a late Devonian – Early Carboniferous world-class polymetallic VMS province that includes significant Cu-(Sn)-Pb-Zn-(Ag) deposits of massive sulphides and feeder zones. The Aljustrel brownfield region contains one of the highest concentrations of ore in the IPB in 6 known deposits (Gavião, São João, Moinho ...

Base Metal Deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt represents one of Europe's most prominent metallogenic provinces, as well as one of its oldest mining districts. It occupies the SW part of the Iberian Penisula, extending approximately E - W over 250 km, from the Province of Seville, Spain to the west coast of Portugal, covering some 8000 km2•

Indium distribution in metalliferous mine wastes of the Iberian Pyrite …

The Iberian Pyrite Belt is one of the largest massive sulfide provinces on Earth and is known for its world-class VHMS deposits (Barriga et al. 1997). The VHMS deposits of Neves-Corvo and Lagoa Salgada (Portugal) are also renowned for their indium enrichment and indium-bearing ore minerals ...

[PDF] Acid Mine Drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: an …

A long history of metalliferous mining in the IPB mining district has left a legacy of abandoned mines, mainly in the province of Huelva (SW Spain), and a big number of waste piles (n=57, total volume of 107 Hm3), tailings impoundments (n=10, total volume of 42 Hm3) and flooded pits (n=22, total volume of acidic water of 25 Hm3), which represents …

Geochronology of the Iberian Pyrite Belt and the Sierra …

Abstract. Protracted magmatism has long been recognized in the exotic South Portuguese Zone of southern Iberia where Early–Late Devonian volcano …

The Las Cruces deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Spain

The Las Cruces orebody is located at the eastern corner of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), 25 km northwest of Seville (Spain), and it is covered by a detrital and carbonate sequence, 150-m-thick, of the Guadalquivir foreland Basin. The Las Cruces deposit included a polymetallic massive sulfide orebody and a Cu-rich stockwork.

(PDF) Introduction to the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is a NW-SE to W-E trending metallogenic province, located in southwestern Iberia (Fig. 1), comprising several world-class volcanic hosted massive sulphide ...

Acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Odiel river …

A long history of metalliferous mining (currently exhausted) has left the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) massive sulphide province (Huelva, SW Spain) with a legacy of abandoned mines and attendant spoil tips, including enormous sulphide-bearing waste rock piles, tailings and flooded pits. These mine wastes are continuing sources of …

Precious metals in gossanous waste rocks from the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is one of the world's largest massive sulphide provinces and has been continuously explored and mined since prehistoric times resulting in more than 80 mines across Spain and Portugal, including the large Rio Tinto and Neves Corvo deposits (e.g. Leistel et al., 1998, Nocete et al., 2005, Sáez et al., 2003; Fig ...

Geophysical characterization of the Cercal Paleozoic structure, Iberian …

The Cercal Volcano-Sedimentary Complex (Cercal VSC) structure is the westernmost sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) giant metallogenic province and was explored since Roman times for volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) and Fe Mn (Ba) deposits. However, presently only a single deposit is known, the Salgadinho Cu-Ag-Au …

(PDF) Acid Mine Drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: an …

Examples of acid mine drainage generation in mines sites of the Iberian Pyrite Belt: (a) Esperanza mine portal (pH 2.6); (b) Lomero mine portal (pH 2.9); (c) Seepage from a waste pile in ...

The volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite …

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) has, over the past decade, been an area of renewed mining activity and scientific research that has resulted in a wealth of new data and new geological and metallogenic concepts that are succinctly presented in this Thematic Issue. The reason for this interest in the IPB, which forms part of the Hercynian orogenic ...

Time-space evolution of Iberian Pyrite Belt igneous activity: …

Volume 121, September 2023, Pages 235-258. Time-space evolution of Iberian Pyrite Belt igneous activity: Volcanic and plutonic lineaments, geochronology, ore horizons and …

Chert in the Iberian Pyrite Belt | Semantic Scholar

Abstract Since lenses of chert are common within the volcano-sedimentary succession hosting the massive sulphide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Spain and Portugal), we examined numerous chert occurrences, both petrographically and geochemically, to test their possible value for massive sulphide exploration. The chert is found at two main …

Geology, Geochemistry, and Geochronology of the Giant

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is one of the world's best-known ore provinces hosting volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, formed in the latest Famennian (ca. 360 Ma) and subsequently folded ...

3D Constrained Gravity Inversion and TEM, Seismic …

Located in the Iberian pyrite belt, the Neves–Corvo mine is a world-class massive sulfide deposit and the largest operating mine in Portugal with underground mining down to 1000 m depth focused on massive and stockwork Cu, Zn, Pb rich ores. Gravimetric data have had a leading role in the discovery of the seven known deposits, together with …

Magmatic Evolution and Tectonic Setting of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is a volcanogenic massive sulfide province located in the SW of the Iberian Peninsula, which is characterized by the highest concentration of VHMS deposits in the ...

A new 3D geological model and interpretation of

The Cercal Volcano-Sedimentary Complex (Cercal VSC) structure is the westernmost sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) giant metallogenic province and was explored since Roman times for volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS) and Fe Mn (Ba) deposits. However, presently only a single deposit is known, the Salgadinho Cu-Ag-Au …