Mine detail: Uzbekistan Wollastonite

Previously called 'Nuratau Mountains'

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Location: Uzbekistan, Asia
Lat / long: 40.41492, 67.25082
dep_id: 10023322
mrds_id: I000180
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Wollastonite
gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Feldspar, Garnet, Pyroxene
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
ore_ctrl: Contact Metamorphism
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Hornfels,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS), 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.
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