Mine detail: Balangero

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Location: Italy, Europe
Lat / long: 45.49889, 7.51871
dep_id: 10023341
mrds_id: I000213
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Asbestos, Chrysotile
gangue: Aragonite, Calcite, Magnetite
model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Lanzo Serpentinite
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Year first produced: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, BALANGERO: V. 157, NO. 1, P. 20-25
  • Production:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1987.
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