Oscos-eo Destinations
The mines of Villanueva de Oscos
Recently, the Villanueva de Oscos Town Council, with the collaboration of the Principality of Asturias, has recovered and rehabilitated the mines in this municipality.
They are the remains of mines from very different periods, from Roman times, with the extraction of gold in Mina As Cárquivas, to much more recent mines, such as Mina Pena Tascón, which was abandoned in 1957.
The mines that can be visited in the municipality of Villanueva de Oscos are the following:
Mina as Cárquivas:
Extraction:
Gold
Chronology:
Undetermined Roman/ Imperial Roman, Approximate Epoch S. I and S.II.
Location:
On the AS-27 from El Puerto de la Garganta towards Santa Eulalia de Oscos.
Accessibility:
Good, along the AS-27 and AS-13
Description:
Exploitation on primary, consisting of three cuts (open-cast excavations worked with the Ruina Montium system), a gallery and tailings deposit.
Busdemouros mine:
Extraction:
Iron ore and copper.
Chronology:
S. XVIII and XIX
Location:
Accessed via the AS-11 towards Puerto de la Garganta from Vegadeo and turn off towards the village of Busdemouros.
Accessibility:
Good, via the AS-13 and AS-11 roads and a tarmac track.
Description:
Ditches, slag heaps and mine mouths can be seen.
Pena Tascón Mine :
Extraction:
Iron with lead and zinc.
Chronology:
From the 14th to the 20th century (mining was abandoned in 1957).
Location:
Pena Curiscada, southeast of Villanueva de Oscos, near the village of Ovellariza.
Accessibility:
Good via the AS-13, tarmac track from Ovellariza and a short stretch of dirt track.
Description:
The loading bay, trench, wagons, railway track and galleries can be seen.