Mine detail: Northern Italy Fluorspar Deposits

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Location: Lombardia, Italy, Europe
Lat / long: 45.9155, 10.10205
dep_id: 10107283
mrds_id: W006992
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Limestones, Schists, Dolomites
hrock_type: Schist,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Italian Alps (Dinaride Zone), Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: HOSE, H.R., 1955, EUROPEAN FLUORSPAR SUPPLIES: MINING ENGINEERING, AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 7, N. 4, APRIL 1955, P. 388
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1960, FLUORSPAR AND CRYOLITE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, AIME, P. 367
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 6
  • Production:: HOSE, H.R., 1955, EUROPEAN FLUORSPAR; GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS
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