Even today, it is difficult to establish in which period the mine was opened and exploited for the first time. Some evidence refers to the presence of a society that carried out mineral searching on the site starting from 1860, but tempering of small and rudimental mine headings with mounds of material already dug up and a remarkable quantity of cassiterite in 1873, make one believe that the site was even exploited during the Nuragic period.

It was not until the beginning of the 1930s, thanks to the issuing of searching permits, that extraction activities really took off.

The mine was still running in 1945, but was closed the following year as its exploitation had become uneconomic.