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Belangero

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084813
MRDS ID W700024
Record type Site
Current site name Belangero

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 7.4187, 44.99891 (WGS84)
Relative position AT SAN VITTORE 30 KM NORTH OF TURIN, ON THE WEST SIDE OF MONTE SAN VITTORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Italy

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR TURIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHRYSOTILE FIBRES USUALLY RANGE FROM A FEW MILLIMETRES UP TO SEVERAL CENTIMETERS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 7.4187, 44.99891
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
    Dip 30 TO 60 DEGREES TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST
    Width 457.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINITE IS HIGHLY SHEARED AND IS INTRUSIVE INTO PARAGNEISSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Aminatifera Di Balangero Spa.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY HAS A 100M FACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WATSON, IAN, 1980, THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ITALY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 148, P. 17-45.

  • Deposit

    WINSON, R.W., 1975, ASBESTOS, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 379-425.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, BALANGERO: JULY 1987, P. 20-25.

  • Production

    MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1986, P. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE PRODUCES MAINLY SHORT SLIP FIBERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1989 Marcus, Sue U.S. Geological Survey

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