Coto San Guillermo

Jerez de Caballeros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

A former iron ore mining area with several mines worked between 1907 and 1978.

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Mines in this area primarily exploited hematite and magnetite, but other mineral specimens are found, notably including ferro-actinolite and hedenbergite. Mindat lists 10 minerals from the site.

Mines in this area include:

  • El Colmenar mine / Mina El Colmenar
  • San Guillermo mine / Mina San Guillermo
  • Santa Barbara mine / Mina Santa Bárbara
  • Santa Justa mine / Mina Santa Justa

El Colmenar and Santa Barbara were later subsumed by the San Carlos quarry (Cantera San Carlos).

 

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