El corazón de la tierra
Mina a cielo abierto de La Zarza (Huelva). Los cortes verticales que aparecen, son terrazas para acceder a la masa del mineral.
Se observa en la capa del suelo más próxima al agua, una coloración anaranjada por el contacto con los iones de hierro, azufre y cobre que lleva disueltos la misma.
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- Europe (34)
- Exact location (-6.8542 W, 37.7109 N)
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2018
Submitted on 21 May 2018
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Cintia Rodriguez (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Antonio Jordán 6 years, 6 months ago
La Zarza mine, already exploited by Tartars and Romans, has about a thousand excavation wells. It was abandoned and reopened many times. Finally, it was closed in the 90s of the 20th century. In recent years plans companies and public institutions have designed plans to reopen it, but it still remains closed. The accumulation of slag and acid water is a constant risk of contamination.