Corta Atalaya

[citation needed] It is located within the city limits of Minas de Riotinto in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

It is part of a zone of volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits of Silurian to Carboniferous age which has produced significant copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.

Construction began on 100 houses, each of 45 square metres (480 sq ft), providing only the most minimal necessities of lodging.

[citation needed] The company then went on to build a public plaza, chapel, grocery store, casino, school, and a Guardia Civil barracks.

Earlier, the original location of Minas de Riotinto lay in the path of the mine; the town was moved to its present site.

[10] EMED Tartessus is currently tasked with cleaning and restarting the mine, and Proyecto de Rio Tinto to operate it for the long term.

Originally the North Lode Golf Club, founded in 1890, it was Spain's oldest, but was abandoned to the growth of the Corta Atalaya pit.

Corta Atalaya the 1980s, before closure and inundation.
Remnants of the former village of Atalaya on the edge of the cut.