Trilofon

Prospect in Greece with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084759
MRDS ID W102200
Record type Site
Current site name Trilofon
Alternate or previous names Psalida, Metallio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 22.15179, 40.58211 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greece(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Greece

Comments on the location information

  • THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY GENTLE TOPOGRAPHY WITH EASY ACCESS BY ROADS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Nearby scientific data

(1) 22.15179, 40.58211

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted Stratigraphic Unit
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Ore In Diabase And Gabbros

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tectonic Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYDROTHERMALLY ITERED DIABASE AND GABBROS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEORGALAS G.(1930) RAPPORT SUR LES APPARATICES DES MINERAIS DU CUIVRE DE PENTES

  • Deposit

    KOUKOUZAS C.AND KOUVELOS C.(1983) MINERAL WEALTH INVESTIGATION OF IMATHIAS DISTRICT (MACENDONIA) NAT.INST.GEO MINING RES.MIN.EXPL NO 6

  • Deposit

    LEPEZ,P. (1929) DAS KUPPER-UND CHROMVORKANMEN IN SERPENTIN VON JANORNIZE IN NORDGRIECHENLAND. Z.F. PRAKT. GEOL.37.

  • Deposit

    SKOUNAKIS S,D SOVATZOGLOU-SKOUNAKIS E.(1983).COBALTITE FROM THE TRILOFON SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION OCCURRENCES (VERIA.GREECE).CHEM.ERDE 42,63-68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE IN THE FORM OF SMALL LENSES AND VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: UNRECORDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 Economou, Maria U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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