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Pianciano Deposit

Prospect in Lazio, Italy with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158078
MAS/MILS ID 4750170003
Record type Site
Current site name Pianciano Deposit
Alternate or previous names Pianciano

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 12.15191, 42.11559 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lazio(province)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Italy Lazio

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 12.15191, 42.11559
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.7M
    Depth to top 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Gravity

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Soricom S. P. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Italy
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • SORICOM, S.P.A. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMPANY, SOUTHLAND MINING LTD.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL OPEN PIT OPERATION HAS BEEN PRODUCING ABOUT 5 MTPD FOR SALES TO A NEARBY CEMENT PLANT AS A CLINKERING AID. THIS IS SOLD STRICTLY AS RUN-OF-MINE ORE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 7780000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7780000mt ore
    Total resources 7780000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 43.88 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE FROM ARTICLE IN MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1978, PIANCIANO FLUORITE: DEVELOPMENT APPRAISAL, PP.203- 209. TOTAL QUANTITY AMOUNT IS 7.78 MILLION OF WHICH 5.15 MILLION IS CLAYEY ORE AND 2.63 MILLION IS SANDY ORE, WITH A COMPOSITE GRADE OF 43.88 PERCENT CAF2.
  • CLAYEY ORE = 5.83 MILLION METRIC TONS @ 55.69% CAF2 SANDY ORE = 9.43 MILLION METRIC TONS @ 20.74% CAF2 TONNAGES GIVEN ARE IDENTIFIED MET. GRADE FLUORSPAR.
  • RESERVES INCLUDE 5.15 MILLION MT OF CLAYEY ORE AND 2.63 MILLION MT OF SANDY ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 272HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 9
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 3500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 8.99
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINE RECOVERY IS 90%. IN ORDER TO INSURE THE OPTIMUM ORE GRADE AND CONSISTENT FEED TO THE MILL, SORICOM INTENDS TO KEEP TWO SEPARATE STOCK- PILES FOR THE TWO ORE TYPES AND BLEND THE CLAYEY AND SANDY ORE IN THE RATIO OF 2:1. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE PLANT WITH A HEAD FEED GRADE OF 44.04 PERCENT ON A DRY WEIGHT BASIS.
  • THE PRODUCT WILL BE MARKETED TO ITALIAN, WEST GERMAN AND OTHER EUROPEAN STEEL PLANTS, WITH THE PRODUCT BEING SOLD F.O.B. RAIL AT BRACCIANO OR TRUCKED DIRECTLY TO PORT AT CIVITAVECCHIA, A DISTANCE OF 60 KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1978, PIANCIANO FLUORITE:

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEVELOPMENT APPRAISAL, PP. 203-209.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1978, THE PIANCIANO FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    PROJECT - SET FOR 1980, PP. 49-51.

  • Deposit

    SORICOM SPA, 6/6/83, REPORT ON THE FLUORITE DEPOSIT OF

  • Deposit

    SORICOM SPA, 9 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA CONTAINED IN THIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES & MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT #JO225010 IN 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-94 Kilgore, Catherine C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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