Site visit and Hiking to Llanos de la Plata and smelting furnace Las Mezquitas (Alhaurin de la Torre)

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site visit: 4th december 2016

INTRODUCCIÓN

The Llanos de la Plata site is located between  Alhaurín de la Torre and Alhaurín el Grande municipality boundaries, just to the north of Mijas mountains. The geological unit is mainly composed of debris colluvium overlying banded grey-bluish marbles.

Casa mineros Llanos de la Plata

Casa mineros Llanos de la Plata

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This zone as the adjacent Sierra de Mijas is very rich in veins of lead, silver and zinc embedded inside the marbles (host rock), which were mined between XIX and XX centuries. The mined ores, provided during sometime a rich product to the smelting furnace "La Mezquita", located just on the neighbourhood to the east site.

Edificio del lavadero

Edificio del lavadero

 

 

tolvas de recepcion primario

tolvas de recepcion primario

 PURPOSES OF THE VISIT :

The main purposes are;

  • We will make notes and remarks over the relief and the site location
  • We will note the texture of marbles as important industrial ores.
  • We will visit the washing plant and main buildings related to the company which mined the ores.
  • We will observe the lead-silver veins inside the marbles .
  • We will visit the ancient "boliche" (local Spanish designation) named , and the smelting furnace building of las Mezquitas.

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RATES

  • General 4 € (Entrada al Museo)
  • Reducida 3 € (mayores 65 años, desempleados y niños 7 a 12 años)
  • Excursiones 6 € (incluye visita guiada y documentación)
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