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   Jayone Mine (Mina la Jayona)This old iron mine is placed on the mountain range of the Jayone, in the municipality of Fuente del Arco, in Badajoz province. Its recovering reveals a relevant beautiful habitat that show pasture landscapes.
The Jayone mine exemplifies how an abandonned
mine is restored, and it provides an almost magic important
geological-ecological habitat of interest.
The territory occupies twelve hectares of industrial dilapidated constructions, they reveal plain fluted faults, metamorphic rocks, and other structured rock deformities.
Unlike the rest of Extremadura, and due to the minning industry holm oaks were destroyed, however, the ground has changed into pastures and the soils are used for cultivations or livestock. Above all olive tree cultivation stands out in the shady side of the mountain range. Nevertheles, the most striking place of this area is inside the mine, enviromental conditions provide a shadier fresher atmosphere than outside the mine. Water is present in the central hole, for that reason river vegetation grow up on the walls, sometimes it turns into rock vegetable life. Inisde the mine conditions are suitable for the
grownth of biotopes, of the six kinds of biotopes the Cavernicola one stands
out, it shows the enviromental circumstances inside the cave.
Visitors need to contact previously with the Fuente del Arco city council, as they coordinate the visits to the mine. Ayuntamiento
de Fuente del Arco
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