Mine detail: Yerakini

Previously called 'Gerakini'

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Location: Khalkidhiki, Greece, Europe
Lat / long: 40.28207, 23.45176
dep_id: 10023810
mrds_id: I003001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Magnesite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnesite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Quartz
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Dunite,Harzburgite,Serpentinite
tectonic: Vardar Zone
Year first produced: 1959
References:
  • 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.
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