1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

San Giovanni Pb - Zn Mine

Producer in Sardegna, Italy with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107324
MRDS ID W018901
Record type Site
Current site name San Giovanni Pb - Zn Mine
Alternate or previous names Soc. Piombo Zincifera Sarda, Iglesais Group
Related records 10192484

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metallifero Limestone, Yellow Dolomite
    Rock description Metallifero Limestone, Yellow Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.53518, 39.31571
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONCORDANT VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Control And An Uncertain Amount Of Fracture Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iglesais Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Soc. Piombo Zincifera Sarda

Comments on the production information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 300M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COLBERTALDO, DINO DI, 1967, GIACIMENTI MINERARI V. 1 P. 274 - 275

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site