@misc{10481/63537,
year = {2020},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63537},
abstract = {A new type of Li mineralisation in hard rock has been found to occur in the Valdefórez area (Cáceres,
Spain), where there is 111.3 Mt of resources and a mean value of 0.61 wt% of Li2O. Lithium is mainly
held by very fne-grained micas, important constituents of Ordovician psammopelitic rocks belonging
to the Palaeozoic metasedimentary sequence of the Cáceres syncline. The mineralised zone has an
elliptical surface shape with a dimension of~ 700 × 500 m. Lithium-bearing rocks show a characteristic
layered appearance, in which light grey quartz-micaceous laminae< 1 mm to some centimetres in
thickness, with a variable ratio of quartz to mica, alternate with fne to very fne-grained, dark grey to
black tourmalinite laminae parallel to the regional foliation. Subvertical quartz+ (montebrasite)-veins
that cut the regional foliation at an extremely high angle are also common in this area. Mineralisation
and the associated veins are likely to be linked to the intrusion of the nearby Cabeza de Araya pluton.
The infltration of granite-derived Li-, F-, B- and P-rich aqueous fuids into the host rocks through
fractures related to shearing processes is considered to be the cause of the formation of Li-rich micas
and intense tourmalinisation at the expense of pre-existing phyllosilicates.},
organization = {Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades 	
RTI2018-094097-B-100},
organization = {Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (ERDF funds)},
organization = {University of Basque Country

GIU18/084},
publisher = {Nature Research},
title = {The metasomatic enrichment of Li in psammopelitic units at San Jose-Valdeflorez, Central Iberian Zone, Spain: a new type of lithium deposit},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-67520-6},
author = {Pesquera, Alfonso and Torres Ruiz, José},
}