La Virgen Mine

Mindat lists 15 mineral species from the site, including baryte, cacoxenite, chalcanthite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, cuprite, libethenite, linarite, malachite, pseudomalachite and torbernite.

However, Mineralesweb lists over 40 – unfortunately, I am unable to access the list of sources they provide – Arribas Moreno, A.: “Mineralogía y metalogenia de los yacimientos españoles de uranio:La Virgen. Andújar (Jaén)”.

I suspect Mineralesweb is more accurate in their list, though – certainly more uranium minerals than Mindat lists, and descriptions of their occurences within the mine.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-227782.html
• https://www.mineralesweb.es/spain/yac/jae_02.htm (Spanish language)
• https://www.mineralesweb.es/spain/yac/jae_02.htm (English, via Google translate)

If you are interested in other classic Spanish locales we may have stock from the following locales.

Spanish locales

• Cala Mines, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
• Cerro Minado Mines, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
• Cortijo de la mina, Conil de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain
• Crater El Hoyazo, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
• Filón Sur open pit (Filón Sur Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
• La Encontrada Mine, Molvizar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
• La Virgen Mine, Andújar, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

• Cerro Patillas, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
• La Tejera ravine, La Cuna hill, Montalbán, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
• Soriana Quarry, Estopiñán del Castillo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

• La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
• Moscona Mine, El Pontón de Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
• Villabona Mines (San Ismael; Santo Firme; Cucona), Villabona, Llanera, Asturias, Spain

• Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
• Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

• El Aila (La Lastra), Laredo, Cantabria, Spain
• Unión Campurriana Mines (La Presura Mines), Soto de Espinillla, Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, Cantabria, Spain

• Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
• Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
• Nazarena Mine, Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

• Barruecopardo Mine, Barruecopardo, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
• La Fregeneda, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
• Palazuelo de las Cuevas, San Vicente de la Cabeza, Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain
• Profunda Mine, Cármenes, León, Castile and Leon, Spain

• Atrevida Mine, Bosc de Poblet, Vimbodí i Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
• Berta quarry and mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Monsant Mines, Hortsavinyà, Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Osor Mines, Osor, Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
• Puig de la Banya de Boc volcano, Llorà, Sant Martí de Llémena, Catalonia, Spain
• Sant Corneli Quarry (Can Savoia), Sant Corneli volcano, Fogars de la Selva-Tordera, Selva-Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Serrana Mine (Manganese Mine), El Molar, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
• Toron Mines, Roca del Toron, Espinavell, Molló, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

• Coto San Guillermo, Jerez de Caballeros, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
• Mirabel, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
• Monchi Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

• Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain
• Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

• Cabezo Negro de Tallante, Tallante, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• Camp dels Ninots, Caldes de Malavella, Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
• Eugenia Mine, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de Golf area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
• Precaución Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, El Estrecho de San Ginés, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• San Camilo Mine, Vista Alegre, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• San Timoteo-Humboldt Mines, Pico del Águila, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
• San Valentín Mine, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
• Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Murcia, Spain
• Teresita Mine, Atamaría, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

• Azcárate Quarry (Azkarate Quarry), Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain

• Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
• Terzaga ravine, Camporrobles, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain

For the rest of our Spanish stock, see below.

Spain