Bauxite - Greece

Producer in Greece with commodities Aluminum, Nickel, Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
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	10110376
MRDS ID	W001934
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bauxite - Greece

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	22.96148, 39.06736 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greece(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Greece

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary
Nickel Critical	Primary
Iron	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

DATA EQUIVALENT FOR MARMARA AND ELEUSIS DEPOSITS

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Bauxite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	SIO2-2.6%, FE2O3-31.2%, TIO2-2.4%, L.O.I.-11.2%, CAO-1.4%, AL2O3-51.2%

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	22.96148, 39.06736	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Plunge 50 DEG

Plunge direction EAST

Thickness 15M

Length 500M

Plunge	50 DEG
Plunge direction	EAST
Thickness	15M
Length	500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Megara

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W001934

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DE WEISSE, G., 1967, SUR LA PRESENCE DE NICKEL DANS UN GISEMENT DE BAUXITE PRES DE MEGARE, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA 2, P. 349-356 (INCL. ENG. SUM.), ILLUS

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DEPOSITS REPRESENT RESIDUE OF DESTRUCTION OF JURASSIC FORMATIONS; ALTERATION, TRANSPORT BY WATER {DEPOSIT NAMES LONGITUDE LATITUDE {MARMARA 023-15 E 38-00 N { (4 KM E. OF MEGARA) {ELEUSIS 023-30 E 38-05 N {EXARCHOS 023-00 E 38-30 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.