Miinooyinka Almadén waa mid ka mid ah 100-ka Goobood ee Dhaxalka Juquraafi ee ugu khuseeya adduunka, sida laga soo xigtay Ururka Caalamiga ah ee Cilmi-Geolojiyeedka (IUGS), kaas oo u dabaaldegi doona sannad-guuradii lixdanaad Jimcaha soo socda iyada oo ay ka soo qaybgalaan in ka badan 350 khubaro ah oo ka socda 40 waddan oo ku lug leh. . José Luis Gallardo Millán, borofisar ka ah Dugsiga Almadén ee Macdanta iyo Injineerinka Warshadaha ee Jaamacadda Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), ayaa mas'uul ka noqon doona ka hadalka macdanta.
Ururka Caalamiga ah wuxuu iftiimiyay in miinooyinka Almadén, oo lagu daray Liiska Dhaxalka Adduunka, ay yihiin kaydka meerkuriga ugu weyn ee la og yahay meeraha, oo leh taariikhda wax soo saar ee ugu dheer, oo soo taxnayd qarnigii XNUMXaad ee BC. Sidoo kale, waxay muujinaysaa in ka-duwanaanta deebaajigani ay ku jirto sifooyin juquraafi oo gaar ah oo keenay soo ururin sare iyo ururin badan oo meerkuri ah, kaas oo ka kooban qaabkiisa metallogenetic.
Ilaa 7.000.000 fijaan oo meerkuri ah ayaa laga soo saaray kaydka Almadén, kaas oo ahaa ku dhawaad 241.500 tan oo macdantan ah, iyada oo celcelis ahaan darajo dhan 3,5 boqolkiiba, taas oo ka dhigan saddex meelood meel meerkuriga ay isticmaalaan bini'aadmigu.
Sannadkii 2008dii, Beerta Macdanta dadwaynaha ee Almadén ayaa la dejiyay, oo ay ku jiraan dhismo macdan-bireed ah, iyo sidoo kale Xarunta Booqdaha, Xarunta Fasiraadda Macdanta iyo Matxafka Mercurio, oo ku bixinaysa tamashlaha tunnel-ka dhabta ah ee gudaha miinada qarnigii XNUMXaad.
Aqoonsigan, miinada Almadén waxaa loo siman yahay sidii hidaha juqraafiyeed oo leh meelo astaan u ah sida Grand Canyon ee Colorado ee Maraykanka, Mount Kilimanjaro ee Tansaaniya ama Falls-ga Iguazú ee Argentina.
