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Funtana Raminosa

Producer in Sardegna, Italy with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182213
MAS/MILS ID 4750310017
Record type Site
Current site name Funtana Raminosa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 9.25186, 39.86571 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sardegna(province)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Italy Sardegna

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 9.25186, 39.86571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 17.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830721

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS SKARN TYPE WITH STRATABOUND VOLCANOGENIC MATERIAL. THE DEPOSIT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS IN LENGTH, THICKNESS VARIES FROM 1 TO 35 METERS, AND MAXIMUM DEPTH IS 400 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1916

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Societa Azionaria Minero-Metallurgica S. P. A. (Samim)
    Interest 100
    Home office Italy
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • ZINC AND LEAD ORE WERE MINED IN THE AREA IN PRE-ROMAN DAYS.
  • PA=30MT ZN/DAY; 14MT PB/DAY; 28MT CU/DAY; 70 GM AG/MT/DAY.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 90% MINE RECOVERY. 10% DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.8
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • ZINC AND LEAD RAILED TO PORTO VESME IMPERIAL SMELTER IN SARDINIA. COPPER IS SHIPPED TO BELGIUM FROM PORT AT CAGLIARI, ITALY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S.J. (ED.), 1967, GENESIS OF STRATIFORM LEAD-ZINC-

  • Deposit

    BARITE-FLUORITE DEPOSITS (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS): A SYMPOSIUM, MONOGRAPH 3, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

    DOUGHTY, F.T.C., MARCH 1976, GRAVITY PRE-CONCENTRATE FOR

  • Deposit

    OXIDIZED ZN-PB ORES: WORLD MINING, PP. 52-53.

  • Deposit

    SARDINIA: REORGANIZATION IN ITALY'S MAJOR BASE METAL AREA:

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1981, P. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-94 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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