Mine detail: Tsagli

Previously called 'Eretria/Farsala Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.29882, 22.61842

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Iron
Secondary:	Cobalt
Gangue:	Chlorite, Serpentine
Discovery year:	1975

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Structure:	The Sulfides-Chromite-Magnetite Association Is Found Within Serpentinte Of A Thickness About 100m. Brittle And Brecciated Forms Are Common In Both Ore And Host Rock
Alteration processes:	Metamorphism Characterized By Greenschist Facies Assemblages. The Alteration Silicate Mineralogy Of Host Rock Close To The Contact With Ore Consists Of Serpentine,Chlorite,Pyroxene And Garnet

References

MRDS	W102201
DEP	10084760
Reference	{Deposit:: MASTORIS,K. 1979. THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF ERETRIA (TSAGLI). INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL AND MINING RESEARCH (I.G.M.R)ATHENS(IN GREEK)}{Deposit:: ECONOMOU M.1981. A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE COPPER SULFIDES GEENITE AND SPIONKOPITE IN ERETICA N.JB MINER.M 489-494}{Deposit:: ECONOMOU M.1982. UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION OF FE-NI-CO-CU SULFIDES WITH CHROMITE AND MAGNETITE IN ERETRIA AREA(TSAGLI).CHEM.ERDE 41:325-336}{Deposit:: ECONOMOU M. NALDRETT A.1981.ORIGIN OF SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PODIFORM CHROMITE. ANNUAL REPORT S.R.C,UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO}{Deposit:: ECONOMOU M,NALDRETT A. SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PODIFORM BODIFORM BODIES OF CHROMITE AT TSANGLI,ERETRIA,GREECE.MINERALIUM DESPOSITA (IN PRESS)}
Reporter	Economou, Maria