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Ermioni Mine

Prospect in Greece with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Zinc
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  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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084761
MRDS ID W102202
Record type Site
Current site name Ermioni Mine
Alternate or previous names Karakassi, Horos, Kaporosso, Baroutospilia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 23.2517, 37.38219 (WGS84)
Relative position 250 KM SOUTHWEST FROM ATHENS. ABOUT 100 KM SOUTHEAST OF NAFPLIO

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
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Metamorphism Greeschist Facies

Nearby scientific data

(1) 23.2517, 37.38219
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted Stratigraphic Unit
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Ore In Bas Andesite And Marl Schists

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Probably Tectonic Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Unrecorded
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Ermioni/Argolis

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hellenic Chemical Product And Fertilizer Co Ltd

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARANITIS S.(1963). DIE ENTSTEHUNG DER ERUTIVEGESTEINE VON HERMIONI-GEBIET UND DIE MIT IHNEN VERBUNDENE VERERZUNG. ANN. GEO PAYS HELL. 14:213-304

  • Deposit

    ARONIS G.(1938). SUR LA GENSE DES GISEMENTS DE PYRITE DE L MERMIONIDE. DOC. THESIS. ATHENS UNIV.

  • Deposit

    MOUSOULOS L (1958). LE GISEMENTS PYRITEUX DU DISTRICT MINIER D, HERMIONE ANN. GEOL PAYS HELLEN.9:119-164

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE LENSES AND VEINS OF SULFIDES WITHIN AND ON DIABASE AS WELL AS WITHIN OVERLAIN SEDIMENTS (MARL SCHISTS)

Reporter information

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

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