RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.1007/s12371-018-0289-9
A1 Matías, Roberto
A1 Llamas Moya, Bernardo
T1 Analysis using LIDAR and photointerpretation of Las Murias-Los Tallares (Castrocontrigo, León-Spain): one of the biggest roman gold mines to use the "Peines" system
JF Geoheritage
YR 2019
FD 2019-06
VO 11
IS 2
SP 381
OP 397
K1 Ground sluicing; Hydraulic mining; LIDAR; Peines system; Roman gold mining
AB A comprehensive study of the Las Murias-Los Tallares Roman gold mine (Castrocontrigo, León-Spain) was conducted using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology and photointerpretation. The analysis of the mine structure show two main phases of ascending mining works and that the gold recovered by the Romans was at least 510 kg. Although LIDAR technology proves to be very valuable and essential to analyzing Roman hydraulic mining structures, there are some aspects that are still hardly decisive given the interpretation difficulties.
PB Springer
SN 1867-2477
LK https://oa.upm.es/54721/
UL 10.1007/s12371-018-0289-9