ʻO nā mines Almadén kekahi o nā 100 kūpono loa Geological Heritage Sites i ka honua, e like me ka International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), i ka Pōʻalima aʻe e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kāna makahiki kanaono me kahi hanana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 350 mau loea mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. e hele mai ana he 40 mau ʻāina i pili. ʻO José Luis Gallardo Millán, ke kaukaʻi ma ke kula ʻo Almadén o Mining and Industrial Engineering o ke Kulanui o Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), e mālama i ka kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mines.
Hōʻike ka International Union i nā mines Almadén, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka World Heritage List, ʻo ia ka waihona mercury nui loa i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua, me ka mōʻaukala hua lōʻihi loa, mai ka XNUMXrd century BC. Pēlā nō, hōʻike ʻia ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa o kēia pūnaewele i loko o nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe kūʻokoʻa i hoʻāla ai i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me nā hōʻiliʻili nui o ka mercury, ʻo ia hoʻi kāna kumu hoʻohālike metallogenetic.
He 7.000.000 pahu mercury i lawe ʻia mai ka waihona ʻo Almadén, ʻo ia hoʻi he 241.500 tons o kēia mineral, me ka helu awelika o 3,5 pakeneka, ʻo ia ka hapakolu o ka mercury a pau i hoʻohana ʻia e ke kanaka.
I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka Almadén public Mining Park, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi ʻoihana mining-metallurgical, a me kahi Visitor Center, ka Mining Interpretation Center a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mercurio, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi i nā tunnels maoli i loko o ka XNUMXth century mine. .
Me kēia ʻike, ua like nā mines Almadén me ka hoʻoilina honua me nā wahi hōʻailona e like me ka Grand Canyon o Colorado ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, mauna Kilimanjaro ma Tanzania a i ʻole ka wailele ʻo Iguazú ma Argentina.
