Figure 1
Sampling locations, mines and metallurgical sites of the three mercury mining districts, Almadén, Asturias and Idria. Abbreviations: ALM: Almadenejos decommissioned metallurgical plant; RD: Valdeazogues river downstream; El Entredicho: decommissioned open pit; AZG: Azogado stream; CH: dump of Almadén mine; HR: Huerta del Rey; SQ: San Quintín (real location: 50 km to the east of Almadén); TRR: El Terronal mine. (See Table 1 for more details.) |