Mine detail: Belangero

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Location: Italy, Europe
Lat / long: 44.99891, 7.4187
dep_id: 10084813
mrds_id: W700024
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chrysotile
orebody_fm: LENSE
model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Marcus, Sue
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Year first produced: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: WATSON, IAN, 1980, THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ITALY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 148, P. 17-45.
  • Deposit:: WINSON, R.W., 1975, ASBESTOS, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 379-425.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, BALANGERO: JULY 1987, P. 20-25.
  • Production:: MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1986, P. 20.
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