Mine detail: Tuscany

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Location: Toscana, Italy, Europe
Lat / long: 42.49889, 11.50193
dep_id: 60001089
mrds_id: RL10035
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nitrogen-Nitrates, Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: FUMAROLES
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore_ctrl: FUMAROLES
Year first produced: 1818
yr_lst_prd: 1965
disc_yr: 1777
discr: Francesco Lardarel
References:
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1983, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 533-560.
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