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Kampia Area Mines

Plant in Nicosia, Cyprus with commodities Copper, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182551
MAS/MILS ID 4910250001
Record type Site
Current site name Kampia Area Mines
Alternate or previous names Kampia Area Mine Names;, Kapedhes, Pitarokhoma, Alternate Spelling Kambia, Peristerka

Comments on the site names

  • LIST OF KAMPIA AREA DEPOSIT NAMES, AND THE KAMPIA ALTERNATE SPELLING.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 33.40151, 34.99888 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicosia(province)

Cyprus(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Cyprus Nicosia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 33.40151, 34.99888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 200M
    Width 270M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 910506

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS PILLOW LAVA COMPLEX BELONGS TO THE TROODOS MASSIF, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF MAINLY VOLCANIC AND INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK SEQUENCES FROMED DURING THE ALPINE OROGEY. THE PYRITE/COPPER/ZINC MINERALIZATION OCCURS BETWEEN TWO PILLOW LAVAS. THE MINERALIZATION IS A RESULT OF HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT BY ORE-BEARING FLUIDS OF THE LOWER PILLOW LAVA (OLIVINE BASALT).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1969
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Nicosia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hellenic Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Cyprus
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description Ditto; 2100 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1972
    Description Peristerka Ore Production 13600 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1973
    Description Ditto; 10600 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1974
    Description Ditto; 189600 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1974
    Period 1969-1974
    Description Peristerka Ore Production Total; 1969-74 150000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1975
    Description Kapedhes Ore Production 9800 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1975
    Description Ditto; 13700 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1976
    Description Pitarokhoma Ore Production 30100 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1976
    Description Ditto; 63900 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1977
    Description Ditto; 50300 Mt Ore Py
  • Year 1977
    Period 1975-1977
    Description Total Production From 1975 To 1977 220000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1982
    Description Ditto; 78000 Mt Ore Py

Comments on the production information

  • YIELD DATA IS FOR REPORTED/KNOWN PRODUCTS FROM THE VASILIKOS PLANT. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF COPPER AND/OR ZINC ARE STILL RECOVERED.
  • PRODUCT DATA IS FOR THE KAMPIA MINES/STOCKPILES ONLY. THE CAPACITY IS FEED ORE FROM THESE SOURCES. THE OUTPUT IS THE ESTIMATED PYRITE CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION FROM THIS ORE. THIS DATA WAS USED IN THE PROPERTY EVALUATION. PRODUCT DATA TABLES PBPCPD ARE FOR OTHER POSSIBLE PRODUCTS FROM THE VASILIKOS PLANT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS RESOURCE REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED INSITU ORE TONNAGE REMAINING IN ALL THREE DEPOSITS. COPPER AND ZINC GRADES ARE UNKNOWN. ONLY THE PYRTE WAS USED IN THE PROPERTY EVALUATION.
  • SOMETIMES LISTED AS "KAMBIA". THE PYRITE ORE FROM MINES AND STOCKPILES IN THE AREA IS TRUCKED TO THE VASILIKOS TREATMENT PLANT AT VASILIKOS, CYPRUS FOR UPGRADEING TO A HIGHER GRADE SULFUR CONTENT OF THE PYRITE CONCENTRATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 145
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "SURVEY OF WORLD SULPHUR

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, 1985, PP54-56.

  • Deposit

    THE MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINING INDUSTRY OF CYPRUS;

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN, NO. 1, CYPRUS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., 1963.

  • Deposit

    METALLOGENESIS ASSOCIATED WITH TROODOS OPHIOLITE; CYPRUS

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT., 1980.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., SULPHUR NO. 154, "CYPRUS MOVES

  • Deposit

    DOWNSTREAM", MAY-JUNE, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAMPIA ALSO SPELLED "KAMBIA", IS THE AREA NAME FOR A GROUP OF DEPOSITS; KAPEDHES, PERISTERKA, AND PITAROKHOMA, LOCATED WITH IN 5 KM OF THE TOWN OF KAMPIA. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHICH, IF ANY OF THESE DEPOSITS IS IN OPERATION. THE KAPEDHES AND PERISTERKA ARE SUPPOSEDLY EXHAUSTED. THAT LEAVES THE PITAROKHOMA AS THE ACTIVE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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