Bauxite - Italy

Occurrence in Italy with commodity Aluminum

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10068712
MRDS ID	W001947
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bauxite - Italy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	12.07367, 42.79465 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Italy

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	12.07367, 42.79465	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia

Comments on the workings information

GARGANO DISTRICT ACTIVE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001947

Bibliographic references

Deposit

D'ARGENIO, B., 1970, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ITALY CRETACEOUS BAUXITES, IN CONFERENCE ON BAUXITE GEOLOGY: ANN. INST. GEOL. PUBL. HUNGAR., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 221-233

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ORIGIN AND ACCUMULATION OF BAUXITE AND RELATION TO PALEOGEOGRAPHY {DISTRICT NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE {VELINO-SIRENTE DST. 013-15 E 42-15 N {MAIELLA DST. 014-00 E 42-00 N {MT.CORNACCHIA- 013-30 E 42-00 N { W. MARSICA DST. {E. AURUNCI DST 013-45 E 41-30 N {MT. MAGGIORE DST 014-00 E 41-20 N {E. MATESE DST 014-30 E 41-30 N {MT.CAMPOSAURO DST 014-30 E 41-15 N {GARGANO DST. 015-45 E 41-40 N {NORTHERN MURGE DST 016-15 E 41-10 N

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

ORIGIN AND ACCUMULATION OF BAUXITE AND RELATION TO PALEOGEOGRAPHY {DISTRICT NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE {VELINO-SIRENTE DST. 013-15 E 42-15 N {MAIELLA DST. 014-00 E 42-00 N {MT.CORNACCHIA- 013-30 E 42-00 N { W. MARSICA DST. {E. AURUNCI DST 013-45 E 41-30 N {MT. MAGGIORE DST 014-00 E 41-20 N {E. MATESE DST 014-30 E 41-30 N {MT.CAMPOSAURO DST 014-30 E 41-15 N {GARGANO DST. 015-45 E 41-40 N {NORTHERN MURGE DST 016-15 E 41-10 N

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1973	Bannigan, Jane L.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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