The Almadén mercury mining district.
The Almadén mining district includes the World?s largest mercury mine, exploited in a practically continuous way since Romans times until the closure of all the mines and metallurgic dependencies at the 1990?s and the 2000?s. In this work we summarize the most relevant information about the mining g...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repositorio: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/1784 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10578/1784 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias de la tierra Ciencias naturales y ciencias de la salud |
| Sumario: | The Almadén mining district includes the World?s largest mercury mine, exploited in a practically continuous way since Romans times until the closure of all the mines and metallurgic dependencies at the 1990?s and the 2000?s. In this work we summarize the most relevant information about the mining geology of the district, as well as the history of mercury and the Almadén mine. Final concerns include a compilation of the actions carried out to preserve the rich local mining heritage, funded and realized by different instances, such as the Almadén School of Mines (Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Almadén, UCLM), the mining company (Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes S.A., MAYASA), and the regional government (Consejería de Educación y Cultura, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla la Mancha). All these action have implied a valorization of the heritage resources for tourism, as well as a preservation of the knowledge of the mining area history. |
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