Zidani

Producer in Greece with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304190
MAS/MILS ID 4840100002
Record type Site
Current site name Zidani
Alternate or previous names Hellenic Development

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 21.78508, 40.29879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greece(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Greece

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR THE CITY OF KOZANI (LOCATED IN WESTERN MACEDONIA). THE PROJECT LOCATION IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS ZIDANI KOZANIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 21.78508, 40.29879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Sizing

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hellenic Industrial Development Bank
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE IN RECOVERABLE MT. THE KOZANI PROJECT WAS OPERATING AT PILOT PLANT SCALE IN 1975. A 50,000 TPA PLANT WAS SCHEDULED TO START-UP DURING 1976.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 289, NO. 7417,

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 14, 1977, P. 316.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY-1968, V. 121, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1969, P. 259.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978 SURVEY OF MINE AND

  • Deposit

    PLANT EXPANSION, V. 179, NO. 1, JANUARY 1978, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, ASBESTOS- PRODUCTION LOSSES PROLONG THE

  • Deposit

    SHORTAGE, V. 93, JUNE 1975, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES STAFF, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1973, P. 178.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, WM. G., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEAR BOOK 1978,

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED, 1978, P. 291, 292.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 294.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE FREE WORLD, V. 119,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1968, P. 231.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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