Mine detail: Yerakini

Previously called 'Gerakini'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.28207, 23.45176

Resource(M)

Primary: Magnesite
Ore: Magnesite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1959

Geology

Host type:Dunite,Harzburgite,Serpentinite
Tectonic:Vardar Zone

References

MRDSI003001
DEP10023810
Reference{Deposit:: LEISTEL, JEAN-MARC, 1992, LE GISEMENT DE MAGNESITE DE YERAKINI (OU GERAKINI), CHALCIDIQUE, GREECE, IN VISITES DE GISEMENTS: CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, NO. 509, P. 46-47.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, MAGNESITE AND MAGNESIA, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 153-160.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.