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Iglesais Group Pb - Zn Mines

Producer in Sardegna, Italy with commodities Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073083
MRDS ID W018896
Record type Site
Current site name Iglesais Group Pb - Zn Mines
Alternate or previous names Ammi Sarda Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.53518, 39.31571 (WGS84)
Relative position SW. SARDINIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sardegna(province)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Italy Sardegna

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR IGLESAIS, SARDINIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Willemite Ore

Analytical data

Result CALCAREOUS ORE - 8 TO 12% ZN OXIDES, 1 TO 2% PB (25 % OXIDES). CALCAREOUS WITH DOLOMITIZED ORE ZONES - 7 TO 10% ZN (95% OXIDES), 0.8 TO 1.5% (25% OXIDES). DOLOMITIZED ORE - 7% ZN, 0.5 TO 1% PB (BOTH ALL OXIDES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Calcareous-Dolomitic Rocks
    Rock description Calcareous-Dolomitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.53518, 39.31571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iglesais Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ammi Sarda S. P. A.

Comments on the production information

  • E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P. 243 STATES PRODUCTION AS 100 TO 500 THOUSAND TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OXIDIZED ORE ACCOUNDS FOR ABOUT. 80% OF IGLESAIS REGION ORES. RESERVES FOR ENTIRE IGLESAIS AREA IN 1970 TOTALED 30 MIL. TONS OF 4 TO 10% ZN + PB OF WHICH 40% WAS OWNED BY AMMI
  • OXIDIZED ORE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 80% OF IGLESAIS REGION ORES. RESERVES FOR ENTIRE IGLESAIS AREA TOTAL 30 MIL. TONS 4 TO 10% ZN + PB OF WHICH 40% ARE OWNED BY AMMI

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 1.82 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERRARA, G., PRUNA, V., QUAY, V., 1970, TREATMENT METHODS OF LEAD - ZINC ORES AT AMMI'S MINES IN SARDINIA; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS., AIME SYMP PB - ZN V1 P. 732 - 750

  • Deposit

    LAUZAC, F., 1969, LES GISEMENTS PLOMBO - ZINCIFERES DE L' IGLESIENTE (SARDAIGNE); FR. BU. RECH. GEOL. MIN. BULL. SER. 2, SECT 2, NO. 2 P 1 - 8

  • Deposit

    VARDABASSO, S., 1950, GEOLOGIA DEI GIACIMENTI ERCINICI PIOMBO - ZINCIFERI DELLA SARDEGNA; INT. GEOL. CONG. REPORT, PT. 7 P. 257 - 265

  • Deposit

    COLBERTALDO, DINO DI, 1967, GIACIMENTI MINERARI V. I P. 269 - 277

  • Reserve-Resource

    FERRARA, G. ET AL, 1970, RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN. V 1 P. 732

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCAREOUS ORE OCCURS IN PARALLEL VEINS AVERAGING 0.5 TO 0.9 M WIDE. DOLOMITIZED ORE EXTENDS OUTWARD. ALSO, WHERE DOLOMITIZATION IS EXTENSIVE, OXIDIZED ORE IS PRESENT EVERYWHERE WITH NO REGULAR OUTLINES. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF MINERALIZED BEDS IS 60 TO 80 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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