Aragon
Ojos Negros iron mines
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: hematite, goethite, siderite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Vast open-cut iron field on the Sierra Menera, worked from Celtiberian times to 1986
Documented mining landscape straddling the Aragon-Castile border.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
pit walls
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.