The Fontao’s mine

[Abstract] The Fontao Mine (Vila de Cruces) was exploited from 1934 to 1973, having a little period without activity (1963-1968) in wich underground mining was changed to open pit. L a t e r , the mine has remained closed. In 2001, the Vila de Cruces council, worried by the conservation of Fontao mining heritage financed a prefeasibility study about the mine recovery in order to transform it into the Galicia Mining Park. During the carrying out of the project, many technical documents related to the mines and the ore body were handled, so a whole idea about the main geological and mining features was possible to obtain. This work seeks to show these ones and recover the name and memory of Fontao Mine, which was so important to Spanish economy, specially in that hard post II Wo r l d War da

Thematic Park of the Minning Activity of Galicia

[Abstract] his work summarizes the prefeasibility study of Galicia Mining Park, which pretends to restore the ancient Sn-W Fontao Mine (Vila de Cruces), recovering its geological and mining heritage. In this way recoverable galleries, buildings and other industrial facilities are described, suggesting their new usage and the necessary capital investment. To sum up, it is thought to open a 20 ha park, recovering two underground galleries and whole open pit. Three museums are proposed: Minerals and Fossils, Galicia Mining and Granite and Slate Rocks, all them should be located in mine ancient buildings. Besides, it is planned to recover the concentation plant and create a large natural par