Sierra Menera
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Open-pit mining of iron ore in Sierra Menera
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Monte de San Ginés |
| Coordinates | 40°41′30″N 1°32′33″W / 40.69167°N 1.54250°WCoordinates: 40°41′30″N 1°32′33″W / 40.69167°N 1.54250°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 29 km (18 mi) NNW/SSE |
| Width | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) ENE/WSW |
| Geography | |
 Sierra Menera
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| Location |
Jiloca, Comunidad de Teruel, Sierra de Albarracín, Aragon |
| State/Province | ES |
| Parent range | Iberian System, SW zone |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Ordovician & Silurian |
| Type of rock | Conglomerate, clay |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | From the towns of Ojos Negros or Villar del Salz |
Jiloca, Comunidad de Teruel, Sierra de Albarracín, Aragon
Sierra Menera is a 31 km (19 mi) long mountain range in the southwestern end of the Iberian System. Its highest point is the 1,601 m high summit known as Monte de San Ginés; another important peak is the 1591 m high Mojón Alto.
Administratively the Sierra Menera belongs to the Sierra de Albarracín, Jiloca and Comunidad de Teruel, comarca of Aragon, as well as to the Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha in its western side. There are aerogenerators on some of the range's ridges.
The main range is aligned in a NNW - SSE direction. It is not as high or conspicuous as other mountain ranges of the Iberian System. From the hydrographic point of view the Sierra Menera divides the Atlantic from the Mediterranean watershed. The eastern rivulets are tributaries of the Jiloca River, the western of the Tagus, and the northern have no exit, ending up in the Laguna de Gallocanta basin.
The place known as Mirador de la Marajosa offers ample views of the surrounding landscape.
The Sierra Menera's name derives from the word for ore in Spanish language, for it has rich iron ore deposits that were exploited since ancient Celtiberian, and later also during Roman times, well until the late 20th century.
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