Bauxite - Italy

Occurrence in Italy with commodity Aluminum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093378
MRDS ID W001948
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

Comments on the location information

  • THYRREIAN SHELF LAGOONS

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
    Rock description Bauxite Formed Then
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 12.07367, 42.79465

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central & Southern Italy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRESCENTI, U., 1970, STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF THE BAUXITES IN CENTRAL-SOUTHERN ITALY, IN CONFERENCE ON BAUXITE GEOLOGY: ANN. INST. GEOL. PUBL. HUNGAR., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 235-239

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOWN NEAR DEPOSIT LONGITUDE LATITUDE {S.G. ROTONDO 015-40 W 41-35 N {SPINAZZOLA 016-03 W 41-02 N {DEPOSITS CONTINUOUS FROM L'AQUILA TO BENEVENTO {L'AQUILA 013-25 W 42-20 N {BENEVENTO 014-45 W 41-10 N

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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