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The discovery of the Varilongo deposit

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The discovery of the Varilongo deposit

Historical milestone · Santa Comba, Xallas, A Coruña

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Mount Varilongo began to be worked in 1914 for its iron and its quartz. Decades later the confirmation of wolfram in the seam would make Santa Comba the largest European operation for the mineral and would transform its economy.

1914

Photo: Miguel Branco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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